epiphytotic

[ep-uh-fahy-tot-ik]

ep·i·phy·tot·ic

[ep-uh-fahy-tot-ik]
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.

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Epiphytotic has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
given to using long words.

Origin:
1895–1900; epi- + -phyte + -otic
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epiphytotic (ˌɛpɪfaɪˈtɒtɪk)
 
adj
(of plant diseases and parasites) affecting plants over a wide geographical region
 
[from epi- + -phyte + -otic]

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epiphytotic   (ěp'ə-fī-tŏt'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to or characterized by a sudden or abnormally destructive outbreak of a plant disease, usually over an extended geographic area.
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