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Plural of mildew

regular plural

The plural of mildew is mildews.

Forms of mildew

Singularmildew /ˈmɪl.djuː/
Pluralmildews
Countablecountable and uncountable

Mildews in a sentence

  • In downy mildews, it has been possible up to now to avoid undesirable name changes for most phytopathologically important species.2008, Hermann Voglmayr, “Progress and challenges in systematics of downy mildews and white blister rusts: new insights from genes and…. From the entry phytopathologically
  • The two distant shifts of downy mildews across three subfamilies of Asteraceae occurred rather recently, and in Asteroideae, a coevolutive adaptation has apparently not yet led to speciation.2015 August 1, “Host Jumps and Radiation, Not Co‐Divergence Drives Diversification of Obligate Pathogens. A Case Study in Downy Mildews…. From the entry coevolutive

Meaning of mildew

  1. noun A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
  2. verb To taint with mildew.
  3. verb To become tainted with mildew.

Full definition of mildew

Questions about the plural of mildew

What is the plural of mildew?
The plural of mildew is mildews.
Is mildew countable?
Mildew is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mildew (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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