superbug#1 (n)
Bemisia tabaci (n)
poinsettia strain (n)

n02247655

type n
lex_filenum 05
def a strain of pest 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
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Hypernym sweet-potato whitefly
Member holonym Bemisia, genus Bemisia
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Member meronym Bemisia, genus Bemisia
Hyponym sweet-potato whitefly

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