YELLOW DWARF

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

plant disease (a disease that affects plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yellow dwarf"):

potato yellow dwarf; yellow dwarf of potato (the yellow dwarf disease of potato plants)

onion yellow dwarf (the yellow dwarf disease of onion plants)

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