Meaning of WHEATWORM
| Pronunciation: | | 'weet`wurm
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| | Definition: | | [n] small roundworm parasitic on wheat |
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| | Synonyms: | | Tylenchus tritici, wheat eel, wheat eelworm |
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| | See Also: | | genus Tylenchus, nematode, nematode worm, roundworm, Tylenchus | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Wheat"worm`\, n.
A small nematode worm ({Tylenchus tritici}) which attacks
wheat, advancing through the stem to the grains in the air.
\Wheat"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small nematode worm ({Anguillula tritici}) which attacks
the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected
with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large
number of the minute young of the worm.
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