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mummy nut

mummy nut noun: a nut left over in a tree after harvesting.

Noun

mummy nut (plural mummy nuts)

  1. A nut left over in a tree after harvesting.
    • Current control practices involve mechcanical destruction of the overwintering mummy nut host and one or two summer sprays directed at the larval stage.1978, Abstracts of Submitted Papers - Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America: Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of America. Pacific Branch, page 6
    • In 1990/1991, 27 percent of the nuts were infested with one or more NOW larvae or pupae. Infested nuts had an average of 1.19 +/− 2.99 larvae or pupae per mummy nut.1993, The Nut Grower, volume 13, page 18

Forms of mummy nut

pluralmummy nuts

Origin of mummy nut

mummy + nut

Questions about mummy nut

What does mummy nut mean?
Mummy nut means a nut left over in a tree after harvesting.
What part of speech is mummy nut?
Mummy nut is a noun.
What is the plural of mummy nut?
The plural of mummy nut is mummy nuts.

Words near mummy nut in the dictionary

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