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epiphytotic definition

epi·phy·totic (-fī tät′ik)

adjective

epidemic among plants

Etymology: < epi- + Gr phyton, a plant (see -phyte) + -otic

noun

an epiphytotic disease

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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