| 单词 | lac insect |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslac insect lac insect n. any of the lac-producing scale insects of the family Kerriidae (order Hemiptera); esp. Kerria lacca, of South and South-East Asia, which is farmed for the commercial production of lac. ΚΠ 1782 Philos. Trans. 1781 (Royal Soc.) 71 381 The Lac colour is preserved by the natives upon flakes of cotton dipped repeatedly into a strong solution of the Lac Insect in water, and then dried. 1862 R. Moodliar Technologist II. 175 The lac-insect is produced inside the bark of the tree. 1962 Metcalfe & Flint's Useful & Destructive Insects (ed. 4) ii. 53 Mohave Indians used the secretion of a North American lac insect to make baskets watertight for cooking. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees ix. 190 The jujube is a fine host for the lac insect, which sucks its sap and exudes a reddish resin over the whole surface of the twigs. < as lemmas |
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