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Meaning of potato blight | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A devastating disease of potatoes caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans.

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Kartoffelmehltau
Suomi perunarutto
Gàidhlig gaiseadh a' bhuntàta
Русский фитофто́ра фитофторо́з

Examples

“They say they used to give pauper children soup to change to protestants in the time of the potato blight.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

potato bread potato bug potato bug mandolin potato bush potato cake potato cannon

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