MILDEW (0. Eng. meledeaw or mildeaw, explained as "

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• MEAL

meal-

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• DEW

dew," cf. Ger. Me/zit/tau, with more

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• PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

probability, as "

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• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey-dew," Goth. melith, honey, cf.

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• LAT

Lat. mel, Gr. µEX)  , a popular name given to various minute fungi from their appearance, and from the sudden, dew-like manner of their occurrence . Like many other popular names of plants, it is used to denote different species which possess very small botanical affinity . The term is applied, not only to species belonging to various systematic groups, but also to such as follow' different modes of life . The corn-mildew, the hop-mildew and the vine-mildew are, for example, parasitic upon living plants, and the mildews of damp linen and of paper are saprophytes (Gr. o-airpos, rotten), that is, they subsist on matter which is already dead . As regards mil-dews in general, the conditions of life and growth are mainly suitable nutrition and dampness accompanied by a high temperature . The life history of the same species of mildew frequently covers two or more generations, and these are often passed on hosts of different kinds . In some cases again the same generation confines its attack to the same kind of host, while in others the same generation grows on various hosts (see FUNGI; Hop; and WHEAT) .