adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by a sudden or abnormally destructive outbreak of a plant disease, usually over an extended geographic area.
epiphytotic ep'i·phy·tot'ic n.
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ep·i·phy·tot·ic (ĕp'ə-fī-tŏt'ĭk) ![]() |
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area
| Physiological and molecular wheat breeding | |
| Glossary of phytopathology | |
| Spot blotch (wheat) |
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