borer
Example Sentences
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Ideally, he'd plant a variety that could resist the coffee berry borer, a beetle that feasts on coffee cherries, and that would ripen with greater uniformity.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024
Durbin described the goldspotted oak borer as “just like a cancer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
This was the work of the goldspotted oak borer, explained Durbin, forestry division chief for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
Twisting the handle of the corkscrew-like borer, Buhl extracts a long, thin sample of the tree’s inner growth rings.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
Since that time 24 species of parasites of the corn borer have been brought in from Europe and the Orient at considerable expense.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
