HLB
HLB is the abbreviation of huanglongbing.
Meaning of huanglongbing
Noun
huanglongbing (uncountable)
- A bacterial infection of citrus trees.
- Eventually Halbert got to the bottom of her list to the most devastating disease of citrus plants in the world—huanglongbing, Chinese for “yellow dragon disease.”
- Huanglongbing, which is also called HLB or citrus greening, had been spreading slowly through India, China, Indonesia and South Africa.[...]
- Researchers began injecting antibiotics into tree trunks and looking for resistant genes to splice into orange trees. But huanglongbing continues to spread.2013 March, Anna Kuchment, “The End of Orange Juice”, in Scientific American, volume 308, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 54, columns 1, 2
Noun
HLB (plural HLBs)
- A homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual person.
Forms of HLB
| plural | HLBs |
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Questions about HLB
- What does HLB mean?
- HLB means a homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual person.
- What is HLB the abbreviation of?
- HLB is the abbreviation of huanglongbing.
- What part of speech is HLB?
- HLB is a noun.
- What is the plural of HLB?
- The plural of HLB is HLBs.
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