English noun: Bemisia tabaci | |||
| 1. | Bemisia tabaci (animal) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | poinsettia strain, superbug | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sweet-potato whitefly | ||
| Member meronym | Bemisia, genus Bemisia | ||