单词 | cabbage root fly |
释义 | > as lemmascabbage root fly cabbage root fly n. the fly Delia radicum (formerly known as Anthomyia brassicae) (family Anthomyiidae), resembling a housefly, the larvae of which feed on the roots and stems of cabbages and related plants; also called turnip fly; cf. cabbage fly n., cabbage maggot n. ΚΠ 1879 Twenty-sixth Rep. Sci. & Art. Dept. (U.K. Comm. Council on Educ.) App. D. 576 1 Case of Onion and Cabbage Root Flies. 1959 A. Beaumont Dis. Farm Crops ix. 113 All these crops are susceptible to cabbage root fly damage and it is an advantage to combine root fly and club root control measures in the one operation. 2005 Grow your Own Dec. 85/3 Cabbage root flies look similar to the small houseflies which emerge in April. < as lemmas |
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