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calibrachoa

calibrachoa noun: any of the solanaceous plants of genus Calibrachoa.

calibrachoa: any of the solanaceous plants of genus Calibrachoa
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Noun

calibrachoa (plural calibrachoas)

  1. Any of the solanaceous plants of genus Calibrachoa.
    • Annual geraniums and tobacco relatives like petunias, calibrachoas and nicotianas suffer most, but other flowers including osteospermums, mallows and chrysanthemums may also be attacked.2007 August 23, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times
    • The most frequently detected virus of calibrachoas has been characterized recently, named calibrachoa mottle virus (CbMV) and has been tentatively assigned to the genus Carmovirus.2009, J. Engelmann, J. Hamacher, “Plant Virus Diseases: Ornamental Plants”, in Brian W.J. Mahy, Marc H.V. van Regenmortel, editors, Desk Encyclopedia of Plant and Fungal Virology, page 441

Forms of calibrachoa

pluralcalibrachoas

Origin of calibrachoa

From translingual Calibrachoa (“genus name”).

Questions about calibrachoa

What does calibrachoa mean?
Calibrachoa means any of the solanaceous plants of genus Calibrachoa.
What part of speech is calibrachoa?
Calibrachoa is a noun.
What is the plural of calibrachoa?
The plural of calibrachoa is calibrachoas.

Words near calibrachoa in the dictionary

  1. caliber
  2. calibered
  3. calibers
  4. calibogus
  5. calibrable
  6. calibrachoa
  7. calibrachoas
  8. calibrant
  9. calibrants
  10. calibratable
  11. calibrate

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