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SWEET-POTATO WHITEFLY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A variety of whitefly
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sweet-potato whitefly" is a kind of...):
whitefly (minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweet-potato 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)
cotton strain (feeds primarily on cotton)
Holonyms ("sweet-potato whitefly" is a member of...):
Bemisia; genus Bemisia (sweet-potato whitefly)
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