The word 'mildew' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It refers to a type of fungus that grows in damp, dark places and can cause discoloration or damage to objects. Examples: 1. The old bookshelf was covered in a layer of mildew, causing the pages of the books to stick together. 2. The damp bathroom was the perfect breeding ground for mildew, which grew on the tiles and shower curtain. 3. I had to throw out my favorite leather jacket because it had been stored in a humid closet and was now covered in mildew. 4. The walls of the abandoned house were covered in green mildew, giving it a spooky and eerie appearance. 5. Regular cleaning and ventilation can prevent the growth of mildew in your home.
The flowers on the phormium are a draw for hoverflies Asters come in an enormous range of heights, sizes and colours, but some are plagued by powdery mildew.
As a child she had never wanted friends to see her poor house, with mildew on the laundry piled in the bath; and even as a star of stage and screen, consorting with Hitchcock (for "Frenzy"), Albert Finney (for "Charlie Bubbles and Gregory Peckck (for "The Omen"), living in a big house in Camden Square, she disliked asking people in.
In elegant abandoned villas damp stains the outside walls, and mildew rots the draperies still hanging in upstairs rooms.For years, Ibrahim Ferrer's music was treated with similar indifference.
Formal benchmarks for quality, such as tests for the presence of contaminants including mould, mildew and pesticides, do not exist.
So why, sitting in his charmingly chaotic chambers in Lahore, amid stacks of paper smelling faintly of mildew in the monsoon air, does Mr Ahsan look so glum?First, some background.
In the late 1870s and 1880s an attack of mildew tainted the wines: the reputation of Lafite, for instance, was ruined when the 1884 vintage turned mouldy after only a couple of years in bottle.
On their crumbling facades grime, mildew and the seedlings of various trees and ferns jostle for space.
Biblical downpours brought mildew, causing many growers to spend about three times as much as usual on spraying their vineyards.
The most common diseases that affect peas are root rot, powdery mildew, and several viral diseases.
The high strength, elasticity, abrasion resistance, mildew resistance, lustre, dyeability, and shape-holding properties of the material made it ideal for innumerable applications in apparel, home furnishings, automobiles, and machinery.
Germination of powdery mildew spores occurs best at 90 to 95 percent relative humidity.
