释义 |
root borer noun : an insect or insect larva that bores into the roots of plants: as a. : the large larva of a beetle (Prionus laticollis) of the family Cerambycidae that infests the roots of the grapevine and of various trees b. : the larva of any of various moths (as Paranthrene polistiformis) that bores in grapevine roots |