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   Mil·dew

   /ˈmilˌdo͞o/

   

   noun

   • 1. a thin whitish coating consisting of minute fungal hyphae, growing on plants or damp organic material such as paper or leather.

   verb

   • 1. affect or be affected with mildew: "the flat was very damp and mildewed"

   Word Origin Old Englishmildēaw ‘honeydew’, of Germanic origin. The first element is related to Latin mel and Greek meli ‘honey’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mildewed adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • W

     4

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