epiphytotic
Use Epiphytotic in a sentence
ə 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 (ˌɛpɪfaɪˈtɒtɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| (of plant diseases and parasites) affecting plants over a wide geographical region | |
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Epiphytotic
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| 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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Example sentences
The disease can appear in severe forms in experimental plots under artificial epiphytotic conditions causing severe losses.
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