Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

badnavirus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bad-navirus
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Badnavirus of plant viruses in the family Caulimoviridae.

Example Sentences

"Blast searching identified five and nine contigs assembled from small RNAs of samples T1 and T2 matched onto the genome sequences of badnaviruses in the family Caulimoviridae."

Etymology

From the genus name, formed from bacilliform + DNA + virus.

Inflected Forms

badnaviruses (plural)

Derived Forms

badnaviral

Questions

What does badnavirus mean?: Any member of the genus Badnavirus of plant viruses in the family Caulimoviridae.
Where does badnavirus come from?: From the genus name, formed from bacilliform + DNA + virus.

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