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GREENHOUSE WHITEFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greenhouse whitefly mean? 

GREENHOUSE WHITEFLY (noun)
  The noun GREENHOUSE WHITEFLY has 1 sense:

1. whitefly that inhabits greenhousesplay

  Familiarity information: GREENHOUSE WHITEFLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GREENHOUSE WHITEFLY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Whitefly that inhabits greenhouses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

greenhouse whitefly; Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Hypernyms ("greenhouse whitefly" is a kind of...):

whitefly (minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects)

Holonyms ("greenhouse whitefly" is a member of...):

genus Trialeurodes; Trialeurodes (a genus of Aleyrodidae)


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