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BEMISIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sweet-potato whitefly
Synonyms:
Bemisia; genus Bemisia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Bemisia" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Bemisia"):
sweet-potato whitefly (a variety of whitefly)
Bemisia tabaci; poinsettia strain; superbug (a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias)
Holonyms ("Bemisia" is a member of...):
Aleyrodidae; family Aleyrodidae (whiteflies)
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