单词 | apple-tree borer |
释义 | > as lemmasapple-tree borer apple-tree borer n. North American either of two beetles with larvae that bore into the bark and trunks of apple trees: (more fully flat-headed apple-tree borer) Chrysobothris femorata (family Buprestidae), and (more fully round-headed apple-tree borer) Saperda candida (family Cerambycidae). ΚΠ 1826 Lycoming (Pa.) Gaz. 30 Aug. 2/2 A friend of the Editor..assures us that now is the very nick of time for destroying the apple tree borer. 1861 Amer. Agriculturist July 209/2 The apple tree borer (Saperda bivitata ) often attacks the trunk, and the same precautions are necessary for prevention, as in the case of the apple tree. 1898 Science 1 July 28/2 Professor Carter described a method of his own for the destruction of the round-headed apple-tree borer. 1936 R. W. Doane et al. Forest Insects vi. 139 The flatheaded apple-tree borer, Chrysobothris femorata.., is probably the best known flathead in America. 2000 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 1 June q5/1 Check for spruce spider mites, Euonymus scale.., apple tree borer, May beetles and taxus mealybug. < as lemmas |
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