powdery mildew

1. 1.

   any of various fungi of the genus Erysiphe producing powdery conidia on the host surface

   Broadermildew

   Part ofErysiphe

Questions about powdery mildew

What does powdery mildew mean?

powdery mildew means "any of various fungi of the genus Erysiphe producing powdery conidia on the host surface".

Is powdery mildew a common word?

powdery 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.