late blight

/leɪt blaɪt/

Definitions of late blight

1. noun

   blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans
   types:

   celery blight

   a fungous leaf spot disease of the celery plant

   type of:

   blight

   any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting