单词 | orange aphis |
释义 | > as lemmasorange aphis orange aphis n. rare a black aphid that infests orange trees.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1900 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (Suppl.) 146/3 Orange aphis, a black aphis (Siphonophora citrifolii) that infests the leaves and young twigs of the orange. 1923 Bull. Hawaii Agric. Experiment Station (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 49. 11 The orange aphis or black fly of the orange is one of the most serious of the pests attacking limes. 1926 E. O. Essig Insects Western N. Amer. xxi. 241 In the Southern States, Arizona, and California it [sc. the aphis] commonly feeds on cotton and is known as the cotton aphis, while in Southern California it commonly attacks the tender shoots of orange trees and is called the orange aphis. 1947 Queensland Times 1 Sept. 4/4 Small birds did much good in orange orchards and could be seen picking off the orange aphis. < as lemmas |
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