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VIROID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat
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Hypernyms ("viroid" is a kind of...):
plant virus (a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA)