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mil⋅dew

  [mil-doo, -dyoo]
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–noun
1. Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by a cottony, usually whitish coating on the surface of affected parts, caused by any of various fungi.
2. any of these fungi. Compare downy mildew, powdery mildew.
3. any of similar coatings or discolorations, caused by fungi, as that which appears on fabrics, paper, leather, etc., when exposed to moisture.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4. to affect or become affected with mildew.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME: honeydew, mildew; OE mildēaw, equiv. to mil- honey (c. Goth milith, akin to L mel, Gk méli) + dēaw dew

Related forms:
mildewy, adjective
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mil·dew   (mĭl'dōō', -dyōō')   
n.  

  1. Any of various fungi that form a superficial, usually whitish growth on plants and various organic materials.

  2. A superficial coating or discoloration of organic materials, such as cloth, paper, or leather, caused by fungi, especially under damp conditions.

  3. A plant disease caused by such fungi.

tr. & intr.v.   mil·dewed, mil·dew·ing, mil·dews
To affect or become affected with mildew.

[Middle English, from Old English mildēaw, honeydew, nectar; see melit- in Indo-European roots.]
mil'dew'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

mildew 
M.E. mildeu "honeydew, nectar," from O.E. mildeaw "honeydew" (sticky stuff exuded by aphids), from P.Gmc. compound of *melith "honey" + *dawwaz "dew" (cf. O.S. milidou, Du. meeldauw, Ger. Meltau "mildew"). First element in many cases assimilated to forms of meal "ground grain." Meaning "kind of fungus" is first recorded 1340, so called from its being sticky and originally growing in plants.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mil·dew
Pronunciation: 'mil-"d(y)ü
Function: noun
1 : a superficial usually whitish growth produced especially on organicmatter or living plants by fungi (as of the families Erysiphaceae and Peronosporaceae)
2 : a fungus producing mildew
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Bible Dictionary

Mildew

(the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "to be yellow," yellowness), the result of cutting east winds blighting and thus rendering the grain unproductive (Deut. 28:22; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chr. 6:28).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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