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    POINSETTIA STRAIN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 poinsettiasplay

    Synonyms:

    Bemisia tabaci; poinsettia strain; superbug

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("poinsettia strain" is a kind of...):

    sweet-potato whitefly (a variety of whitefly)

    Holonyms ("poinsettia strain" is a member of...):

    Bemisia; genus Bemisia (sweet-potato whitefly)

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