- yellow dwarf
- noun Date: 1928 any of several plant diseases of cereal grasses (as oats and barley), onions, potatoes, tomatoes, or tobacco that are characterized by yellowing and stunting and are caused by viruses
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yellow dwarf — noun any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves • Hypernyms: ↑plant disease • Hyponyms: ↑yellow dwarf of potato, ↑potato yellow dwarf, ↑onion yellow dwarf * * * noun : any of several plant… … Useful english dictionary
yellow dwarf of potato — noun the yellow dwarf disease of potato plants • Syn: ↑potato yellow dwarf • Hypernyms: ↑yellow dwarf … Useful english dictionary
yellow dwarf — /jɛloʊ ˈdwɔf/ (say jeloh dwawf) noun Astronomy a small main sequence star, such as the sun around which the earth orbits …
Barley yellow dwarf — Taxobox virus group = iv familia = Luteoviridae genus = Luteovirus species = Barley yellow dwarf virusBarley yellow dwarf is a plant disease caused by the barley yellow dwarf virus, and is the most widely distributed viral disease of cereals. It… … Wikipedia
The Yellow Dwarf — is a French literary fairy tale by Madame d Aulnoy. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book .ynopsisA widowed queen spoiled her only daughter, who was so beautiful that kings vied for the honor of her hand, not believing they could attain… … Wikipedia
Potato yellow dwarf virus — Taxobox color=violet name = Potato yellow dwarf virus (PYDV) virus group = v ordo = Mononegavirales familia = Rhabdoviridae genus = Nucleorhabdovirus type species = Potato yellow dwarf virus Potato yellow dwarf virus (PYDV) is a plant virus of… … Wikipedia
Sweet potato yellow dwarf virus — Taxobox color=violet name = Sweet potato yellow dwarf virus virus group = iv familia = Potyviridae genus = Ipomovirus species = Sweet potato yellow dwarf virus (SPYDV) synonyms = whitefly transmissible sweet potato virusSweet potato yellow dwarf… … Wikipedia
potato yellow dwarf — noun the yellow dwarf disease of potato plants • Syn: ↑yellow dwarf of potato • Hypernyms: ↑yellow dwarf … Useful english dictionary
onion yellow dwarf — noun the yellow dwarf disease of onion plants • Hypernyms: ↑yellow dwarf … Useful english dictionary
Dwarf star — The term dwarf star refers to a variety of distinct classes of stars. Dwarf star alone generally refers to any main sequence star, a star of luminosity class V. Red dwarfs are low mass main sequence stars. Yellow dwarfs are main sequence (dwarf)… … Wikipedia
