Downy Mildew

Definition: Downy Mildew

Downy Mildew

Noun

1. Any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons.

Domain	Definition
Food & Agriculture	A disease of vines causes by a fungus ( plasmopara ) ( peronospora ) viticola ) which invades the green parts of the vine. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonym: Downy Mildew

Synonym: false mildew (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: mildewing (biology & biotechnology, medicine).

Crosswords: Downy Mildew

English words defined with "downy mildew": onion mildew ♦ Peronospora destructor, Peronospora hyoscyami ♦ tobacco mildew. (references)

Specialty definitions using "downy mildew": copper sprays, copper sulphide ♦ mosaic form of downy mildew. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Advances in the Downy Mildew Research (reference) Downy mildew of sorghum (reference) Screening techniques and sources of resistance to downy mildew and rust in pearl millet (reference) (more book examples)
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Expression using "downy mildew": mosaic form of downy mildew. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "downy mildew"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Peronospora, bladskimmel, blaaskimmel (blue mould, dapple-gray horse, dapple-grey horse). (various references)

Dutch		valse meeldauw (blight, downy mildew of beet, downy mildew of cabbage, downy mildew of grapevine, downy mildew of sugar beet, grape downy mildew, mildew, peronospora), valse (blue mould), peronospora (blight, mildew, peronospora), meeldauw (blue mould, mildew, oidium). (various references)

Finnish		viininlehtihome (mosaic form of downy mildew), tupakanlehtihome (blue mould), härmä (mildew, rime, white frost). (various references)

French		peronospora, mildiou (downy mildew of beet, downy mildew of sugar beet, mosaic form of downy mildew), mildew. (various references)

German		falscher Mehltau (blight, blue mould, mildew, peronospora), Blauschimmel (blue mould), Blattfallkrankheit. (various references)

Greek		περονόσπορος (mildew). (various references)

Italian		peronospora del tabacco (blue mould, downy mildew of tobacco, tobacco blue mould), peronospora (downy mildew of cabbage), muffa blu (blue mould). (various references)

Pig Latin		ownyday ildewmay

Portuguese		peronospora (blight, mildew, peronospora), mildio (blue mould), mildiú, mildew, míldio (mildew). (various references)

Spanish		niebla (fog, mist), moho azul del tabaco (blue mould, downy mildew of tobacco, tobacco blue mould), mildiu (mildew), mildíu (mosaic form of downy mildew), anuble. (various references)

Swedish		mildiou, falsk mjöldagg. (various references)
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Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Peronospora. (various references)
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-d-e-i-l-m-n-o-w-w-y"
	-3 letters: windowed.
	-4 letters: dowdily, dwindle, indowed, mildewy, myeloid, widowed, windled.
	-5 letters: dewily, dildoe, dindle, doiled, dolmen, domine, downed, dwined, dynode, emodin, indole, lemony, limned, lomein, melody, meloid, midden, middle, milden, mildew, minded, moiled, molded, moline, monied, myelin, noddle, oilmen, widdle, widely, wieldy, winded, windle, window, yodled, yowled.
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