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phytonematode

phytonematode noun: any nematode that lives on a plant.

Noun

phytonematode (plural phytonematodes)

  1. Any nematode that lives on a plant
    • Recent genomic and transcriptional analyses have extended parasitism identification to phytonematode species including some migratory plant parasites [58 –60 ].2015 October 31, “RNA-Seq Based Identification of Candidate Parasitism Genes of Cereal Cyst Nematode ( Heterodera avenae ) during Incompatible Infection to Aegilops variabilis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of phytonematode

pluralphytonematodes

Origin of phytonematode

From phyto- + nematode.

Questions about phytonematode

What does phytonematode mean?
Phytonematode means any nematode that lives on a plant.
What part of speech is phytonematode?
Phytonematode is a noun.
What is the plural of phytonematode?
The plural of phytonematode is phytonematodes.

Words near phytonematode in the dictionary

  1. phytonadione
  2. phytoncide
  3. phytoncides
  4. phytonematicide
  5. phytonematicides
  6. phytonematode
  7. phytonematodes
  8. phytonic
  9. phytonism
  10. phytonomy
  11. phytonose

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