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leaf roll
noun
Definition of LEAF ROLL
: any of various plant diseases characterized especially by an upward rolling of the leaf margins; especially : a disease of the potato caused by a single-stranded RNA virus (species Potato leafroll virus of the genus Polerovirus, family Luteoviridae) transmitted by aphids
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First Known Use of LEAF ROLL
1916
Rhymes with LEAF ROLL
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