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Potato disease   /pətˈeɪtˌoʊ dɪzˈiz/   Listen
Potato disease

noun
1.
A blight of potatoes.  Synonyms: potato blight, potato mildew, potato mold, potato murrain.






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"Potato disease" Quotes from Famous Books



... married daughter, whose husband might one day have a farm with four pair of horses in the carse of Gowrie. The Doctor would then go out to give his opinion on the crops, which was drawn from keen practical knowledge—his brochure on "The Potato Disease: Whence it Came and How it is to be Met" created much stir in its day—and it was well known that the Doctor's view on bones or guano as a preferable manure was decisive. On his return the servants came in—to whom also he said a word—and ...
— Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers • Ian Maclaren



Words linked to "Potato disease" :   blight, potato blight, potato murrain



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