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Meaning of stem borer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any insect larva, or arthropod, that bores into plant stems.

Examples

“The Manitoba maple was subject to a stem-borer which destroyed its growing tips, and in any case it had a diffuse, shrubby growth which never concentrated naturally into a single trunk.”

CEFR level

B2

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

See also

stem cell stem duchy stem family stem ginger stem group stem lettuce