HyperDic: late_blight

English > 1 sense of the expression *late blight*:
NOUN	state	late blight	blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans

English > *late blight*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans.
Narrower	celery blight	A fungous leaf spot disease of the celery plant
Broader	blight	Any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting