- grayback beetle
- noun
: a large Australian scarab beetle (Lepidoderma albohirtum) having larvae that destroy sugarcane roots
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
grayback beetle
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sugarcane — /shoog euhr kayn /, n. a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar. Also, sugarcane. [1560 70; SUGAR + CANE] * * * Giant, thick, perennial grass… … Universalium
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