单词 | plum curculio |
释义 | > as lemmasplum curculio plum curculio n. a dark brown North American weevil, Conotrachelus nenuphar, whose larvae infest plums, apples, peaches, and other fruit. ΚΠ 1860 H. S. Olcott Outl. First Course Yale Agric. Lect. 32 It is a fact not generally known, that apples are attacked by the plum curculio. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xv. 365 The plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar, is a short, stout beetle, about 5mm. in length, with a conspicuous hump on each wing cover. 1991 Woodstock (N.Y.) Times 17 Oct. ii. 15/2 I have seen plum curculios damage 100% of the fruit on an unsprayed tree. < as lemmas |
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