late blight

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noun Plant Pathology.

a disease of plants, especially potatoes, celery, etc., characterized by spotting, blighting, and withering or decay of the entire plant, caused by any of several fungi, as Phytophthora infestans or Septoria apii.

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Origin of late blight

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby late blight

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How to use late blight in a sentence

I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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At the moment, the only chance I get is when I go do Late Night with Seth Meyers.
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Are you bi-coastal now, between Portlandia and Late Night with Seth Meyers?
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Late Wednesday night, French authorities reported that Mourad had surrendered to police, while the two brothers remained at large.
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As he tried to make his way through a crowd of mourners late last month, he looked preoccupied and even disoriented.
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The strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.
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The plant as a whole remains green until late in the autumn.
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But, there was also another which might not be quite so pleasing to Elizabeth, although Louis felt it came too late for him.
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In 1856 she married Mesdag, who, rather late in life decided to follow the career of a painter.
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He explains the late departure of the ships for Nueva España, and the consequent mortality reported on one of them.
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Scientific definitions for late blight

late blight

[ lāt ]

A disease of potato plants caused by the oomycete organism Phytophthora infestans and characterized by decay of the foliage and tubers. An outbreak of late blight led to widespread famine in Ireland in 1845-1850.