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YELLOW DWARF

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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow dwarf mean?

• YELLOW DWARF (noun)
The noun YELLOW DWARF has 1 sense:

1. any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves

Familiarity information: YELLOW DWARF used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• YELLOW DWARF (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("yellow dwarf" is a kind of...):

plant disease (a disease that affects plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yellow dwarf"):

potato yellow dwarf; yellow dwarf of potato (the yellow dwarf disease of potato plants)

onion yellow dwarf (the yellow dwarf disease of onion plants)

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