root-knot nematode

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Alternative forms

  • root knot nematode

Etymology

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

Noun

root-knot nematode (plural root-knot nematodes)

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

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