| 单词 | apple borer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapple borer apple borer n. U.S. = apple-tree borer n. at apple tree n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1826 Mass. Agric. Repository & Jrnl. July 191 The apple borer, is certainly one of the most formidable enemies which the cultivators of the apple, the quince..or American hedge thorn have to dread. 1859 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1857–8 3 344 The most destructive of these..is that known as the apple borer. 1873 Amer. Naturalist 7 538 The May beetle is about three years in obtaining the beetle state, and the wire-worms and boring-beetle, such as the apple-borer, may be four or five years. 1943 B. O. Dodge & H. W. Rickett Dis. & Pests Ornamental Plants 511 Trees that are not growing vigorously are sometimes attacked by the apple borer. 1991 Sonoma Antique Apple Nursery Catal. Winter 30 In areas where apple borers are a particular problem, diatomaceous earth around the trunk can discourage them. < as lemmas |
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