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epiphytotic

epip·hy·to·tic

uncommon

adjective

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”
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Origin

By surface analysis, epi- + phyt(o)- + -otic.

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