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phloeophagous

phloeophagous adjective: that feeds on phloem.

Adjective

phloeophagous (not comparable)

  1. That feeds on phloem

Origin of phloeophagous

From phloeo- + -phagous.

Questions about phloeophagous

What does phloeophagous mean?
Phloeophagous means that feeds on phloem.
What part of speech is phloeophagous?
Phloeophagous is an adjective.

Words near phloeophagous in the dictionary

  1. phloem
  2. phloematic
  3. phloemic
  4. phloemlike
  5. phloems
  6. phloeophagous
  7. phloeophagy
  8. phloeoterma
  9. phloephagous
  10. phlog
  11. phlogging

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