POINSETTIA STRAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poinsettia strain mean? 

• POINSETTIA STRAIN (noun)
  The noun POINSETTIA STRAIN has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: POINSETTIA STRAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POINSETTIA STRAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bemisia tabaci; poinsettia strain; superbug

Hypernyms ("poinsettia strain" is a kind of...):

sweet-potato whitefly (a variety of whitefly)

Holonyms ("poinsettia strain" is a member of...):

Bemisia; genus Bemisia (sweet-potato whitefly)