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单词 cabbage-tree worm
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cabbage-tree worm
cabbage-tree worm n. Obsolete the large larva of a tropical American palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum, which is found in the hearts of cabbage trees and other palms and was formerly eaten as a delicacy.
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1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. 23 Groe-groe, or cabbage-tree worms, as they are called in Surinam..In taste they partake of all the spices of India..these worms are produced in all the palm-trees, when beginning to rot.
1865 F. Cowan Curious Facts Hist. Insects 69 Its larva, called the Grou-grou, or Cabbage-tree worm..resides in the tenderest part of the smaller palm-trees.
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