epiphytotic

Definitions of epiphytotic

1. adjective

   (of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area
   “an epiphytotic blight of potatoes”

   “epiphytotic conditions associated with a single-plant agriculture”

   synonyms:

   epidemic

   (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously