English Explanatory Dictionary

root-knot nematode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any nematode of the genus Meloidogyne, which parasitize the roots of various plants.

Word forms

root-knot nematode root-knot nematodes root knot nematode

Etymology

Due to these nematodes usually causing the roots of the plants, which they inhabit, to create galls which resemble knots.

Related words

Meloidogyne
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