Cucumber beetle — Cucumber Cu cum*ber (k? k?m b?r, formerly kou k?m b?r), n. [OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cucumber beetle — The Cucumber Beetle Spotted Cucumber Beetle … Wikipedia
cucumber beetle — any leaf beetle of the genus Diabrotica and related genera that feeds on cucumbers and other plants of the gourd family and is a vector of cucurbit wilt. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * Any of several leaf beetles (genus Diabrotica) that are important… … Universalium
Spotted cucumber beetle — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Striped cucumber beetle — Taxobox name = Acalymma vittatum regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Chrysomelidae subfamilia = Galerucinae tribus = Luperini genus = Acalymma species = A. vittatum binomial = Acalymma vittatum The… … Wikipedia
striped cucumber beetle — noun : a yellowish black striped beetle (Acalymma vittata) that feeds as a larva on the underground parts of cucumbers and other cucurbits and as an adult on foliage and flowers of cucurbits and other crop plants and that is a vector of bacterial … Useful english dictionary
Cucumber — Cu cum*ber (k? k?m b?r, formerly kou k?m b?r), n. [OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp. {Cucumis… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cucumber tree — Cucumber Cu cum*ber (k? k?m b?r, formerly kou k?m b?r), n. [OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spotted cucumber beetle — noun Date: 1923 a rather slender greenish yellow beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi) that feeds as an adult on various ornamental and crop plants and is a vector of wilt disease especially of cucumbers and melons … New Collegiate Dictionary
spotted cucumber beetle — noun A kind of beetle … Wiktionary