GENUS BEMISIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bemisia mean? • GENUS BEMISIA (noun)
The noun GENUS BEMISIA has 1 sense:
1. sweet-potato whitefly
Familiarity information: GENUS BEMISIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS BEMISIA (noun)
Meaning:
Sweet-potato whitefly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bemisia; genus Bemisia
Hypernyms ("genus Bemisia" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bemisia"):
sweet-potato whitefly (a variety of whitefly)
Bemisia tabaci; poinsettia strain; superbug (a strain accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias)
Holonyms ("genus Bemisia" is a member of...):
Aleyrodidae; family Aleyrodidae (whiteflies)
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