potato blight

noun

potato blight

noun

1

Biology, Botany, Medicine, Natural sciences, Pathology, Phytopathology, Sciences A devastating disease of potatoes caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans.

They say they used to give pauper children soup to change to protestants in the time of the potato blight.1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 8]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

Synonyms: late blight

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.