SWEET-POTATO WHITEFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet-potato whitefly mean? 

• SWEET-POTATO WHITEFLY (noun)
  The noun SWEET-POTATO WHITEFLY has 1 sense:

1. a variety of whitefly

  Familiarity information: SWEET-POTATO WHITEFLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEET-POTATO WHITEFLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A variety of whitefly

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Nouns denoting animals

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)