Microsphaera
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌsfɪərə/noun
A genus of plant-parasitic fungi (family Erysiphaceae) that includes the causative agents of European gooseberry mildew, oak mildew, and various other powdery mildews.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Mordecai Cooke (1825–1914), naturalist and mycologist. From French microsphaera from micro- + classical Latin sphaera.
- watering place
- watering pot
- watering slip
- watering snaffle
- watering stone
- water injection
- water-insoluble
- water-intoxicated
- water intoxication
- waterish
- water ivy
- water jacket
- water-jacketed
- water jacketing
- water jet
- water-jet propeller
- water-jet propulsion
- water-jet pump
- water joint
- water jump
- water jumper
- waterkeeper
- waterkeeping
- water knot
- water lade