epiphytotic

1. 1.

   (of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area

   “an epiphytotic blight of potatoes”

   “epiphytotic conditions associated with a single-plant agriculture”

   Similarepidemic

   plant

Questions about epiphytotic

What does epiphytotic mean?

epiphytotic means "(of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area".

How many syllables are in epiphytotic?

epiphytotic has 5 syllables and divides as e-pi-phy-to-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is epiphytotic a common word?

epiphytotic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.