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EPIPHYTOTIC

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ep⋅i⋅phy⋅tot⋅ic

  [ep-uh-fahy-tot-ik]
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–adjective
1. (of a disease) destroying a large number of plants in an area at the same time.
–noun
2. the widespread, destructive outbreak of a plant disease.
Origin:
1895–1900; epi- + -phyte + -otic
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ep·i·phy·tot·ic   (ěp'ə-fī-tŏt'ĭk)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or characterized by a sudden or abnormally destructive outbreak of a plant disease, usually over an extended geographic area.
ep'i·phy·tot'ic n.
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