ONION YELLOW-DWARF VIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does onion yellow-dwarf virus mean? 

• ONION YELLOW-DWARF VIRUS (noun)
  The noun ONION YELLOW-DWARF VIRUS has 1 sense:

1. the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of onion plants

  Familiarity information: ONION YELLOW-DWARF VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONION YELLOW-DWARF VIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of onion plants

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("onion yellow-dwarf virus" is a kind of...):

plant virus (a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA)