单词 | soft scale |
释义 | > as lemmassoft scale soft scale n. any of various scale insects constituting the family Coccidae, many of which are pests; esp. (more fully brown soft scale) Coccus hesperidum, which attacks a wide variety of greenhouse plants and fruit trees. ΚΠ 1880 J. H. Comstock in Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1879 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 243 I am indebted to Dr. R. S. Turner..for specimen of the common ‘soft scale’ of the orange (Lecanium hesperidum). 1969 Insect-pest Managem. & Control (National Res. Council (U.S.)) 151 Citricola scale was an important pest, but brown soft scale was not. 2006 Daily Tel. 17 Apr. 3/6 Soft scale attacks a wide range of plants but mainly woody plants grown as houseplants or in conservatories. < as lemmas |
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