peronospora destructor

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   fungus causing a downy mildew on onions

   Synonymsonion mildew

   Broaderdowny mildew

   Part ofPeronospora

Questions about peronospora destructor

What does peronospora destructor mean?

peronospora destructor means "fungus causing a downy mildew on onions".

What is another word for peronospora destructor?

Close synonyms include onion 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 peronospora destructor a common word?

peronospora destructor 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.