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VIROID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does viroid mean?
• VIROID (noun)
The noun VIROID has 1 sense:
1. the smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat
Familiarity information: VIROID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
viroid; virusoid
Hypernyms ("viroid" is a kind of...):
plant virus (a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA)
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