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Weevil

noun

Any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles.

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"Weevil" Quotes from Famous Books

... beans as early as you can without encountering danger of frost killing. No particular date can be mentioned for planting because the dates will vary in different locations according to the beginning of the frost-free period. The best way to escape weevil is to sell most of the beans as soon as harvested, treating those which you retain for seed, or for your own use, with bisulphide of carbon vapor or by gently heating to a temperature not above 130 degrees, which, of course, must be done carefully with an accurate thermometer so as not to ...

— One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered • E.J. Wickson

... longer has the economic importance to Texas that it once had. Still, it is mighty important. In the minds of millions of farm people of the South, cotton and the boll weevil are associated. The boll weevil was once a curse; then it came to be somewhat regarded as a disguised ...

— Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest • J. Frank Dobie

Words linked to "Weevil" : beetle, Sitophylus oryzae, darkling groung beetle, tenebrionid, snout beetle, Anthonomus grandis, seed beetle, darkling beetle