Wiktionary
potato blight
n. ''Phytophthora infestans'', a devastating disease of potatoes.
WordNet
potato blight
n. a blight of potatoes [syn: potato mold, potato disease, potato mildew, potato murrain]
Usage examples of "potato blight".
Apparently the fear he thought he had infused in them by mentioning the Latin name of the potato blight was losing its terrors.
The first tailored potato blight showed up later that fall, across Poland and Ukraine, and simultaneously the other potato blight swept Ireland.