- spinach carrion beetle
- noun
: a black carrion beetle (Silpha bituberosa) with a nocturnal black-and-white larva that feeds on spinach and other crop plants in the western United States
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
spinach carrion beetle
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carrion beetle — noun : any of numerous beetles of the genera Necrophorus and Silpha (family Silphidae) that feed chiefly on dead animals though a few (as S. bituberosa) attack economic plants see spinach carrion beetle … Useful english dictionary
angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) … Universalium
