pine beetle

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• pine-beetle — pineˈ beetˈle noun Any beetle that attacks pine trees, esp the pineˈ chāfer (Hylurgus piniperda) which bores up through the leader • • • Main Entry: ↑pine …   Useful english dictionary

• pine beetle — noun : any of several buprestid beetles especially of the genus Dendroctonus the larvae of which bore in pine trees in No. America …   Useful english dictionary

• Mountain pine beetle — Adult mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• jeffrey pine beetle — noun Usage: usually capitalized J : a bark beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) destructive to Jeffrey pine in California …   Useful english dictionary

• mountain pine beetle — noun : a bark beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) of the western United States that is extremely destructive to stands of lodgepole and sugar pines …   Useful english dictionary

• southern pine beetle — noun : a bark beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis) which attacks pines in southern and eastern parts of the United States …   Useful english dictionary

• western pine beetle — noun : a destructive bark beetle (Dendroctonus brevicomis) attacking various pines in the western United States …   Useful english dictionary

• Beetle — Beetles redirects here. For the band, see The Beatles. For the car, see Volkswagen Beetle. This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Beetle (disambiguation). Beetle Temporal range: 318–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• Pine — Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are about twenty eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({Pinus Strobus}), the {Georgia pine}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pine barren — Pine Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are about twenty eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({Pinus Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pine borer — Pine Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are about twenty eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({Pinus Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English