budworm
1budworm — [bud′wʉrm΄] n. a caterpillar that feeds on plant buds …
2budworm — noun Date: 1849 a moth larva that feeds on the buds of plants compare spruce budworm, tobacco budworm …
3budworm — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a larval moth that feeds on the buds of plants see black headed budworm, spruce budworm …
4budworm — /bud werrm /, n. any of several lepidopterous larvae, esp. the spruce budworm, that attack the buds of plants. [1840 50, Amer.; BUD1 + WORM] * * * …
5budworm — 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 …
6budworm — noun Any of various moth caterpillars …
7budworm — n. larva of moth that feeds on the buds of plants …
8budworm — noun a moth caterpillar that is destructive to buds, especially of spruce and other conifers …
9Spruce Budworm — Choristoneura Mountain ash tortricid Choristoneura hebenstreitella Scientific classification Kingdom …
10spruce 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… …
