false mildew

Questions about false mildew

What does false mildew mean?

false mildew means "any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons".

What is another word for false mildew?

Close synonyms include downy mildew. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is false mildew a common word?

false mildew 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.