yellow dwarf

1. 1.

   any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves

   Broaderplant disease

   Narroweryellow dwarf of potatoonion yellow dwarf

Questions about yellow dwarf

What does yellow dwarf mean?

yellow dwarf means "any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves".

Is yellow dwarf a common word?

yellow dwarf is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.