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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of phycomycetous fungi, giving name to the family Peronosporaceæ.
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- noun genus of destructive downy mildews
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The final or culminating cause of the disease known as the "potato-rot" is _Botrytis (peronospora) infestans_.
The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. D. A. Compton 1846
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