begomovirus

B3E1G2O1M3O1V4I1R1U1S1

noun

Any member of the genus Begomovirus of plant viruses.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounbegomovirus (plural begomoviruses)

plural begomoviruses

  1. Any member of the genus Begomovirus of plant viruses.

    Several types of DNA satellites have been described to be associated with begomoviruses: betasatellites, alphasatellites, and deltasatellites.

    2023, Elvira Fiallo-Olivé, Jesús Navas-Catillo, “Molecular and Biological Characterization of a New WOrld Mon-/Bipartite Begomovirus/Deltasatellite Complex Infecting Corchorus siliquosus”, in Giuseppe Parrella, Paul Leslie Guy, Toufic Elbeaino, editors, Emerging and Reemerging Plant Viruses in a Context of Global Change

Origin

  1. translingualBegomovirus
  2. Englishbegomovirus

Borrowed from translingual Begomovirus.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

begomovirus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begomovirus

MLA

“begomovirus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begomovirus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “begomovirus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begomovirus.

Source: begomovirus on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.