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wheatworm

wheatworm

9.9
A small worm that lives on wheat plants and eats them, damaging crops
  • noun
  • Specialized
: gusano del trigo
  • Farmers often inspect young wheat plants for signs of a wheatworm infestation.

Examples

  • The presence of wheatworm in the fields led to a significant decrease in wheat yields that year.

  • The wheatworm infests the roots of the plants.

  • The wheatworms destroyed several acres before the problem was discovered and treated.

  • Farmers are concerned about wheatworms this season.

  • Farmers often inspect young wheat plants for signs of a wheatworm infestation.

  • The presence of a wheatworm in the fields led to a significant decrease in wheat yields that year.

  • The wheatworm infests the roots of the wheat plants, causing them to wither.

Synonyms

eelworm
vswheatworm
  • Specialized
1 9.7

A small round worm that lives in soil and damages plant roots

is narrower, naming only those that parasitize wheat and harm crops
Tylenchus tritici
vswheatworm
  • Specialized
9.9

A small round worm that harms wheat plants

is the general name for similar parasitic roundworms rather than one species
wheat eel
vswheatworm
  • Specialized
9.9

A small worm that lives in wheat plants and damages the crop

is the broader term for similar parasitic roundworms rather than that single species
wheat eelworm
vswheatworm
  • Specialized
9.9

A small round worm that lives on wheat plants and damages them

is the common general name focusing on crop damage rather than technical class

Surface Forms

wheatworm singular
wheatworms plural

Morphology

wheatworm = wheat + worm (transparent) = wheat + worm

A straightforward compound meaning 'a worm associated with or infesting wheat'; the components directly indicate the referent.

Etymology

Wheatworm is simply the parts wheat ('a grain plant') and worm ('a small creature'). It names a small roundworm that lives on and damages wheat plants.