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: e-pi-phy-to-tic. The stress falls on "to".

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.