New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
potato leafhopper — noun : a small green white spotted leafhopper (Empoasca fabae) chiefly of the eastern and southern United States that is a serious pest on many cultivated plants causing hopperburn on potatoes and browning, yellowing, or stunting of various other … Useful english dictionary
potato leafhopper — 1. any of various leafhoppers that are serious pests, damaging a wide variety of cultivated and wild plants, esp. potatoes. 2. a small, light green, white spotted leafhopper, Empoasca fabae, that is a pest of potatoes in the eastern U.S. and also … Universalium
potato leafhopper — pota′to leaf′hopper n. ent a small, light green, white spotted leafhopper, Empoasca fabae, that is a serious pest of many cultivated plants, esp. potatoes • Etymology: 1920–25 … From formal English to slang
apple and potato leafhopper — noun see potato leafhopper … Useful english dictionary
leafhopper — /leef hop euhr/, n. any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests. Also called jassid. [1850 55, Amer.; LEAF + HOPPER] * * * Any of the small, slender, often… … Universalium
Leafhopper — Leafhoppers Adult two lined gum treehopper (Eurymeloides bicincta: Eurymelinae) demonstrating a symbiotic relationship with meat ants Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Common brown leafhopper — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
homopteran — /heuh mop teuhr euhn, hoh /, adj. 1. homopterous. n. 2. a homopterous insect. [1835 45; see HOMOPTEROUS, AN] * * * ▪ insect order Introduction any of more than 32,000 species of sucking insects, the members of which exhibit considerable… … Universalium
Orius insidiosus — feeding on white fly nymphs Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
hopperburn — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a browning and shriveling of potato foliage associated with the feeding of the potato leafhopper compare tipburn … Useful english dictionary
