MELOIDOGYNE

Meaning of MELOIDOGYNE in English

mə̇ˈlȯidəˌjīn, -gīn noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek mēlon apple, gourd + -oeidēs -oid + gynē woman — more at queen

: a genus related to Heterodera and comprising the typical root-knot nematodes

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE — noun Date: 1922 any of several small plant-parasitic nematodes (genus Meloidogyne ) that cause root knot
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE — noun also root-knot eelworm : any of several small plant-parasitic nematodes formerly regarded as varieties of a single species ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROOT KNOT — Plant. Pathol. a disease of plants, characterized by galls or knots on the roots and stunted growth, caused by any …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE — Date: 1922 : any of several small plant-parasitic nematodes (genus Meloidogyne ) that cause root knot
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE — [root-knot nematode] n (1922): any of several small plant-parasitic nematodes (genus Meloidogyne) that cause root knot
Merriam-Webster English vocab

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