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STREPTOMYCES SCABIES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Streptomyces scabies mean?
• STREPTOMYCES SCABIES (noun)
The noun STREPTOMYCES SCABIES has 1 sense:
1. cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky tissue
Familiarity information: STREPTOMYCES SCABIES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky tissue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
potato scab bacteria; Streptomyces scabies
Hypernyms ("Streptomyces scabies" is a kind of...):
streptomyces (aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin))
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