1. relating to or denoting a widespread outbreak or epidemic of a plant disease affecting a large area or population of plants
Usage: technical; botany/agriculture

Examples

• The epiphytotic spread of the fungal infection devastated the wheat crop across three counties.
• Farmers implemented emergency measures to control the epiphytotic outbreak of late blight.
• Climate conditions this year created ideal circumstances for an epiphytotic event in the orchard.
• The epiphytotic nature of the disease required coordinated regional response efforts.
• Scientists studied the epiphytotic patterns to predict future plant disease outbreaks.