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black palmers

black palmers is the plural of black palmer.

Meaning of black palmer

Noun

black palmer (plural black palmers)

  1. (colloquial, obsolete) The larva of the turnip sawfly, an agricultural pest
    • Mr. Wooldridge informed me, that on the first appearance of the insects, before he had himself observed them, one of his older neighbours remarked to him, that "the yellow flies which produce the black palmers were then abundant in the turnip fields;" […]1839, G. Newport, “Essay on the Turnip Fly”, in The Farmer's Magazine, page 123

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What is black palmers the plural of?
Black palmers is the plural of black palmer.

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