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Meaning of apple borer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae, including:
a roundheaded apple borer (Saperda candida, syn. Saperda bivittata)
a flatheaded appletree borer (Chrysobothris femorata)
a red-belted clearwing, apple clearwing moth (Synanthedon myopaeformis)
an apple stem borer (Apriona cinerea)
an apple twig borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus)
an apple trunk borer (Coryphodema tristis)

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

apple box apple brandy apple bush apple butter apple cake apple cart