- black weevil
- nounbrown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice• Syn: ↑rice weevil, ↑Sitophylus oryzae• Hypernyms: ↑weevil• Member Holonyms: ↑Sitophylus, ↑genus Sitophylus
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black weevil — Rice Rice, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. ???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[=i]zi, akin to Skr. vr[=i]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. {Rye}.] (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Oryza sativa}) and its seed.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
black belt — black belt, adj. /blak belt / for 1, 2; /blak belt , belt / for 3, 4 1. (caps.) a narrow belt of dark colored, calcareous soils in central Alabama and Mississippi highly adapted to agriculture, esp. the growing of cotton. 2. the area of a city or … Universalium
Black vine weevil — Taxobox name = Black vine weevil image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Curculionidae genus = Otiorhynchus species = O. sulcatus binomial = Otiorhynchus sulcatus binomial authority … Wikipedia
Weevil — This article is about the beetles. For other uses, see Weevil (disambiguation). Weevils Lixus angustatus Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Black-eyed pea — Pea Pea, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. ?, ?. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. {Pease}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Black Belt (U.S. region) — The Black Belt is a region of the United States. Although the term originally describes the prairies and dark soil of central Alabama and northeast Mississippi Fact|date=July 2008, it long has been used for a broad region in the American South… … Wikipedia
Black Belt (region of Alabama) — Alabama s Black Belt is a region of the state and part of the larger Black Belt Region of the Southern United States, which stretches from Texas to Maryland. The term referred originally to the region underlain by a thin layer of rich, black… … Wikipedia
black vine weevil — noun : a small elongated dull black flightless weevil (Brachyrhinus sulcatus) of which the adult feeds on foliage and the larva on the roots of many crop and ornamental plants … Useful english dictionary
Black diamond — Diamond Di a*mond (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. ? transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rice weevil — noun brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice • Syn: ↑black weevil, ↑Sitophylus oryzae • Hypernyms: ↑weevil • Member Holonyms: ↑Sitophylus, ↑genus Sitophylus * * * … Useful english dictionary
