chestnut weevil

  • 1chestnut weevil — noun : either of two brownish weevils (Curculio auriger and C. proboscideus) that lay eggs in the nut of the chestnut tree, the larvae feeding in and destroying the fruit …

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  • 2Chestnut — For other uses of chestnut , see Chestnut (disambiguation). For other uses of chinquapin or chinkapin , see Chinquapin (disambiguation). Chestnut Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa Scientific clas …

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  • 3chestnut coal — Nut Nut (n[u^]t), n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n[ o]t, Dan. n[ o]d.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.),… …

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  • 4Nut weevil — Nut Nut (n[u^]t), n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n[ o]t, Dan. n[ o]d.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.),… …

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  • 5Pine weevil — Pine Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are about twenty eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({Pinus Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} …

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  • 6Curculio — This article is about the weevil. For the Plautus play, see Curculio (play). Curculio Curculio nucum Scientific classification …

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  • 7Beetle — Beetles redirects here. For the band, see The Beatles. For the car, see Volkswagen Beetle. This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Beetle (disambiguation). Beetle Temporal range: 318–0 Ma …

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  • 8Mockernut Hickory — Taxobox name = Mockernut Hickory image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fagales familia = Juglandaceae genus = Carya species = C. tomentosa binomial = Carya tomentosa binomial… …

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  • 9Carya tomentosa — Mockernut Hickory The nuts of white hickory Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …

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  • 10Variegated Fairy-wren — Taxobox name = Variegated Fairy wren status = LC status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=50689|title=Malurus lamberti|downloaded=09 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this… …

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