Asparagus beetle — Asparagus beetles Crioceris asparagi Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
asparagus beetle — noun : a small dark colored but brightly marked beetle (Crioceris asparagi) of which both the adult and larva feed on asparagus; also : spotted asparagus beetle … Useful english dictionary
asparagus beetle — either of two leaf beetles of the genus Crioceris that feed on the asparagus plant in both the larval and adult stages. [1805 15] * * * ▪ insect any member of two genera that are important pests of the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae (order… … Universalium
Common asparagus beetle — Asparagus beetle Crioceris asparagi Common Asparagus Beetle … Wikipedia
twelve-spotted asparagus beetle — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : a European asparagus beetle (Crioceris duodecimpunctata) that is naturalized in eastern No. America … Useful english dictionary
Asparagus — As*par a*gus ([a^]s*p[a^]r [.a]*g[u^]s), n. [L., fr. Gr. aspa ragos, asfa ragos; cf. sparga^n to swell with sap or juice, and Zend [,c]paregha prong, sprout, Pers. asparag, Lith. spurgas sprout, Skr. sphurj to swell. Perh. the Greek borrowed from … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Asparagus officinalis — Asparagus As*par a*gus ([a^]s*p[a^]r [.a]*g[u^]s), n. [L., fr. Gr. aspa ragos, asfa ragos; cf. sparga^n to swell with sap or juice, and Zend [,c]paregha prong, sprout, Pers. asparag, Lith. spurgas sprout, Skr. sphurj to swell. Perh. the Greek… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Asparagus officinalis — Asparagus As*par a*gus ([a^]s*p[a^]r [.a]*g[u^]s), n. [L., fr. Gr. aspa ragos, asfa ragos; cf. sparga^n to swell with sap or juice, and Zend [,c]paregha prong, sprout, Pers. asparag, Lith. spurgas sprout, Skr. sphurj to swell. Perh. the Greek… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Asparagus racemosus — Asparagus As*par a*gus ([a^]s*p[a^]r [.a]*g[u^]s), n. [L., fr. Gr. aspa ragos, asfa ragos; cf. sparga^n to swell with sap or juice, and Zend [,c]paregha prong, sprout, Pers. asparag, Lith. spurgas sprout, Skr. sphurj to swell. Perh. the Greek… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spotted asparagus beetle — noun : a chrysomelid beetle (Crioceris duodecimpunctata) that feeds on asparagus in Europe and the northeastern United States … Useful english dictionary