Meanings
nounroot-knot nematode (plural root-knot nematodes)
plural root-knot nematodes · alternative root knot nematode
- Any nematode of the genus Meloidogyne, which parasitize the roots of various plants.
Origin
Due to these nematodes usually causing the roots of the plants, which they inhabit, to create galls which resemble knots.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 根結線蟲 /根结线虫
- 根結線蟲 /根结线虫 (gēnjiéxiànchóng)Meloidogyne sp. worm
Danish rodgallenematode
- rodgallenematodeMeloidogyne sp. worm
Dutch wortelknobbelaaltje
- wortelknobbelaaltjeMeloidogyne sp. worm
French nématode à galles, anguillule des racines
- nématode à gallesMeloidogyne sp. worm
- anguillule des racinesMeloidogyne sp. worm
- nématode des nodosités des racinesMeloidogyne sp. worm
Hungarian gyökérgubacsképző fonálféreg
- gyökérgubacsképző fonálféregMeloidogyne sp. worm
Russian га́лловая немато́да
- га́лловая немато́да (gállovaja nematóda)Meloidogyne sp. worm
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