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luteovirus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lu-teovirus
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A virus of the Luteoviridae family that mainly infects plants via aphid vectors.

Etymology

From the genus name, from Latin luteus (“yellow”), referring to the symptomatic yellowing of an infected plant.

Inflected Forms

luteoviruses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

luteoviral

Questions

What does luteovirus mean?
A virus of the Luteoviridae family that mainly infects plants via aphid vectors.
Where does luteovirus come from?
From the genus name, from Latin luteus (“yellow”), referring to the symptomatic yellowing of an infected plant.

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