| 释义 |
willow borer
noun
1. : any of several small bronzy longicorn beetles of the genus Agrilus that bore in the sapwood of the willow tree and often kill it: as
a. : a beetle (A. politus)
b. : a beetle (A. anxius) that infests also poplars and birches
2. : poplar borer
3. : a European weevil (Cryptorhynchus lapathi) introduced and destructive to willows in the eastern United States |