Meanings
nounpotato blight (uncountable)
- uncountablebiologyA 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 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 8]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLCSynonyms: late blight
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA devastating disease of potatoes caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans.
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Translations
Finnish perunarutto
- perunaruttoPhytophthora infestans, disease of potatoes
German Kartoffelmehltau
- KartoffelmehltauPhytophthora infestans, disease of potatoes
Norwegian Bokmål potetpest
- potetpestPhytophthora infestans, disease of potatoes
Russian фитофторо́з, фитофто́ра
- фитофторо́з (fitoftoróz)Phytophthora infestans, disease of potatoes
- фитофто́ра (fitoftóra)Phytophthora infestans, disease of potatoes
Scottish Gaelic gaiseadh a' bhuntàta
- gaiseadh a' bhuntàtaPhytophthora infestans, disease of potatoes
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APA
potato blight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potato%20blight
MLA
“potato blight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potato%20blight. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “potato blight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potato%20blight.
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