BEMISIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bemisia mean? 

• BEMISIA (noun)
  The noun BEMISIA has 1 sense:

1. sweet-potato whitefly

  Familiarity information: BEMISIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEMISIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sweet-potato whitefly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bemisia; genus Bemisia

Hypernyms ("Bemisia" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Bemisia"):

sweet-potato whitefly (a variety of 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)

Holonyms ("Bemisia" is a member of...):

Aleyrodidae; family Aleyrodidae (whiteflies)