Stalk borer

Stalk borer
Stalk Stalk (st[add]k), n. [OE. stalke, fr. AS. st[ae]l, stel, a stalk. See {Stale} a handle, {Stall}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp. (b) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant. [1913 Webster]

2. That which resembles the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill. --Grew. [1913 Webster]

3. (Arch.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring. [1913 Webster]

4. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

To climb by the rungs and the stalks. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

5. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids. (b) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect. (c) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans. [1913 Webster]

6. (Founding) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor. [1913 Webster]

{Stalk borer} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a noctuid moth ({Gortyna nitela}), which bores in the stalks of the raspberry, strawberry, tomato, asters, and many other garden plants, often doing much injury. [1913 Webster]


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  • Stalk Borer — The Stalk Borer is a larval pest of corn. It is the caterpillar of Papaipema nebris , a Noctuid moth.External links* [http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/project/pestmngt3/AG271/corn sorghum/stalk borer.html|North Carolina State University species …   Wikipedia

  • stalk borer — noun : an insect larva that bores in the stems of plants; especially : the larva of a noctuid moth (Papaipema nebris) that infests the raspberry, strawberry, tomato, aster, and other plants …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stalk — (st[add]k), n. [OE. stalke, fr. AS. st[ae]l, stel, a stalk. See {Stale} a handle, {Stall}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp. (b) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rice stalk borer — noun : a rice borer that is the larva of a moth (Chilo plejadellus) …   Useful english dictionary

  • potato stalk borer — noun : a larva of a potato weevil …   Useful english dictionary

  • stalk shaver — noun : an implement on runners with knives cutting cornstalks or stubble at the ground surface for burning (as in the control of the European corn borer) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Squash vine borer — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

  • Apple borer — Apple Ap ple ([a^]p p l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel, [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [ a]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lesser cornstalk borer — noun : a crambid moth (Elasmopalpus lignosellus) with a slender greenish larva that burrows in the stalk of Indian corn and various other plants near the ground level and is especially destructive in warmer parts of the New World * * * the larva… …   Useful english dictionary

  • lesser cornstalk borer — noun Date: circa 1925 a pyralid moth (Elasmopalpus lignosellus) having slender greenish larvae that burrow in the stalk especially of Indian corn near ground level …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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