phytophthora infestans

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   fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes

   Broaderfungus

   Part ofPhytophthora

Questions about phytophthora infestans

What does phytophthora infestans mean?

phytophthora infestans means "fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes".

Is phytophthora infestans a common word?

phytophthora infestans 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.