Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of-the vine root-borers.
- noun The red-shouldered sinoxylon, Sinoxylon basilare.
- noun Ampeloglypter sesostris. See
vine-gall , 1. - noun The smaller corn-stalk borer, the larva of another phycitid moth, Elasmopalpus lignosellus, which sometimes bores into bean-stalks in the southern United States.
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Cover the joints with fresh soil, to guard against injury by the vine-borer.
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