- budworm
- noun Date: 1849 a moth larva that feeds on the buds of plants — compare spruce budworm, tobacco budworm
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
budworm
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budworm — [bud′wʉrm΄] n. a caterpillar that feeds on plant buds … English World dictionary
budworm — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a larval moth that feeds on the buds of plants see black headed budworm, spruce budworm … Useful english dictionary
budworm — /bud werrm /, n. any of several lepidopterous larvae, esp. the spruce budworm, that attack the buds of plants. [1840 50, Amer.; BUD1 + WORM] * * * … Universalium
budworm — bud•worm [[t]ˈbʌdˌwɜrm[/t]] n. 1) ent any of several moth larvae that attack the buds of plants 2) ent spruce budworm • Etymology: 1840–50, amer … From formal English to slang
budworm — noun Any of various moth caterpillars … Wiktionary
budworm — n. larva of moth that feeds on the buds of plants … English contemporary dictionary
budworm — noun a moth caterpillar that is destructive to buds, especially of spruce and other conifers … English new terms dictionary
Spruce Budworm — Choristoneura Mountain ash tortricid Choristoneura hebenstreitella Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
spruce budworm — noun Date: 1884 a tortricid moth (Choristoneura fumiferana) whose larva feeds on evergreen trees (as spruce and balsam fir) in the northern United States and Canada; also a related moth (C. occidentalis) of the northwestern United States and… … New Collegiate Dictionary
tobacco budworm — noun Date: 1918 an American noctuid moth (Heliothis virescens syn. Helicoverpa virescens) whose striped and variably colored larva feeds on buds and young leaves especially of tobacco and cotton … New Collegiate Dictionary
