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Definition of Budworm
1. a caterpillar that eats buds [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Budworm
Literary usage of Budworm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Health in the Inland West: A Symposium by David L. Adams, Lyn Morelan (1995)
"During this period a western spruce budworm outbreak heavily defoliated much of the
... The interdisciplinary team formed to evaluate the budworm situation ..."
2. Conference on Adaptive Ecosystem Restoration and Management: Restoration of edited by Wallace Covington, Pamela K. Wagner (1998)
"Western spruce budworm Fire exclusion, grazing, and past logging have ...
These changes have also affected the nature of western spruce budworm outbreaks. ..."