poinsettia strain

/pɔɪnˌsɛd(i)ə streɪn/
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Definitions of poinsettia strain
  1. noun
    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: Bemisia tabaci, superbug
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    type of:
    sweet-potato whitefly
    a variety of whitefly
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