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phytovirus

phytovirus noun: a plant virus.

Noun

phytovirus (plural phytoviruses)

  1. A plant virus.
    • Although RNA phytoviruses have been shown to recombine in the field, the proportion of recombinants generated during a single-host infection does not seem to reach the levels of their DNA counterparts, probably because cell co-infection by different genotypes is often limited.2016, Mark Denison, Virus Evolution, page 81

Forms of phytovirus

pluralphytoviruses

Origin of phytovirus

From phyto- + virus.

Questions about phytovirus

What does phytovirus mean?
Phytovirus means a plant virus.
What part of speech is phytovirus?
Phytovirus is a noun.
What is the plural of phytovirus?
The plural of phytovirus is phytoviruses.

Words near phytovirus in the dictionary

  1. phytotrophy
  2. phytotropin
  3. phytotropins
  4. phytovigilance
  5. phytoviral
  6. phytovirus
  7. phytoviruses
  8. phytovolatilisation
  9. phytovolatilization
  10. phytovolatilizations
  11. phytoxic

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