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luteovirus

luteovirus noun: a virus of the Luteoviridae family that mainly infects plants via aphid vectors.

Noun

luteovirus (plural luteoviruses)

  1. A virus of the Luteoviridae family that mainly infects plants via aphid vectors.

Forms of luteovirus

pluralluteoviruses

Origin of luteovirus

From the genus name, from Latin luteus (“yellow”), referring to the symptomatic yellowing of an infected plant.

Questions about luteovirus

What does luteovirus mean?
Luteovirus means a virus of the Luteoviridae family that mainly infects plants via aphid vectors.
What part of speech is luteovirus?
Luteovirus is a noun.
What is the plural of luteovirus?
The plural of luteovirus is luteoviruses.

Words near luteovirus in the dictionary

  1. luteous
  2. luteously
  3. luteoviral
  4. luteovirid
  5. luteovirids
  6. luteovirus
  7. luteoviruses
  8. luteoxanthin
  9. luter
  10. Luterbach
  11. luters

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