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stem borers

stem borers is the plural of stem borer.

Meaning of stem borer

Noun

stem borer (plural stem borers)

  1. Any insect larva, or arthropod, that bores into plant stems.
    • The Manitoba maple was subject to a stem-borer which destroyed its growing tips, and in any case it had a diffuse, shrubby growth which never concentrated naturally into a single trunk.1972, James M. Minifie, Homesteader, A Prairie Boyhood Recalled, page 121

Questions about stem borers

What is stem borers the plural of?
Stem borers is the plural of stem borer.

Words near stem borers in the dictionary

  1. stelè
  2. stelès
  3. stem
  4. stem and leaf
  5. stem borer
  6. stem borers
  7. stem cell
  8. stem cells
  9. stem duchies
  10. stem duchy
  11. stem families

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