单词 | fig wasp |
释义 | fig wasp in American English any of a family (Agaonidae) of small wasps living in certain figs, esp. a wasp (Blastophaga psenes) active in the pollination of certain cultivated strains fig wasp in American Englishnoun a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety Word origin [1880–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, barnstorm, impressionism, jackpot, quotation markExamples of 'fig wasp' in a sentence |
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