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2 weevil wee·vil n
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3 boll
[bəʊl]nome (of flax, cotton) capsula f.* * *boll /bəʊl/n.(bot.) capsula (spec. del cotone e del lino)* * *[bəʊl]nome (of flax, cotton) capsula f. -
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♦ nut /nʌt/n.1 (bot., scient.) achenio2 (bot.) (usato come termine generico in alcuni composti:) walnut, noce; hazelnut, nocciola; peanut, nocciolina americana; cashew ( nut), noce di acagiù; Brazil nut, noce del Brasile3 (mecc.) dado4 ( slang) testa, zucca; (fig.) cervello: Use your nut!, adopera la testa!; usa il cervello!; to be off one's nut, essere matto; essere fuori di testa; mancare d'una rotella9 (pl.) piccoli pezzi di carbone10 (pl.) (volg.) palle; coglioni (volg.); zebedei (pop.)● nut allergy, allergia alla frutta secca ( noci, ecc.) □ nut-brown, (color) nocciola □ nut butter, burro di noci □ (bot.) nut-gall, galla nuciforme; galla di quercia □ nut-hook, bacchio per le noci □ nut oil, olio di noci □ (bot.) nut palm, Cycas media □ nuts and bolts, (mecc.) dadi e bulloni, bulloneria; (fig. fam.) dettagli tecnici, rudimenti: the nuts and bolts of cooking, i rudimenti dell'arte culinaria □ nuts-and-bolts (agg.), fondamentale; essenziale; pratico □ (mecc.) nut screw, madrevite □ (bot.) nut tree, noce; ( anche) nocciòlo, avellano □ (zool.) nut weevil ( Balaninus nucum), balanino □ nut wrench, serradadi □ ( slang) to do one's nut, arrabbiarsi; incavolarsi, essere incavolato (pop.) □ ( slang) to go off one's nut, andare giù di testa; impazzire □ ( slang) He can't play bridge for nuts, non sa neanche da che parte si cominci a giocare a bridge.(to) nut /nʌt/A v. i.B v. t. -
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[vaɪn]1) (producing grapes) vite f.2) (climbing plant) pianta f. rampicante* * *1) (a type of climbing plant which bears grapes.) vite2) (any climbing or trailing plant.) (pianta rampicante)•- vineyard* * *vine /vaɪn/n.● vine borer = vine louse ► sotto □ vine-clad, coperto di viti □ vine dresser, vignaiolo; viticoltore □ vine grower, viticoltore □ vine growing, viticoltura □ vine leaf, pampino □ vine louse (o vine pest), fillossera ( l'insetto) □ ( d'uva, pomodori, ecc.) vine-ripened, fatto maturare sulla vite (sul traliccio, ecc.) □ vine shoot, sarmento; tralcio □ vine weevil, oziorinco.* * *[vaɪn]1) (producing grapes) vite f.2) (climbing plant) pianta f. rampicante -
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Weevil — Wee vil, n. [OE. wivel, wevil, AS. wifel, wibil; akin to OD. wevel, OHG. wibil, wibel, G. wiebel, wibel, and probably to Lith. vabalas beetle, and E. weave. See {Weave}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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weevil — O.E. wifel small beetle, from P.Gmc. *webilaz (Cf. O.S. wibil, O.H.G. wibil, Ger. Wiebel beetle, chafer, O.N. tordyfill dung beetle ), cognate with Lith. vabalas beetle, from PIE root *webh to weave, also to move quickly (see … Etymology dictionary
weevil — ► NOUN ▪ a small beetle with an elongated snout, several kinds of which are pests of crops or stored foodstuffs. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
weevil — [wē′vəl] n. [ME wevel < OE wifel, akin to MLowG wevel < IE * webh , to move to and fro, WEAVE] any of various families of beetles (esp. Curculionidae) having the head prolonged into a projecting beak that usually curves downward, and… … English World dictionary
Weevil — This article is about the beetles. For other uses, see Weevil (disambiguation). Weevils Lixus angustatus Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
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weevil — /wee veuhl/, n. 1. Also called snout beetle. any of numerous beetles of the family Curculionidae, which have the head prolonged into a snout and which are destructive to nuts, grain, fruit, etc. 2. any of numerous related beetles. [bef. 900; ME… … Universalium
weevil — n. an alfalfa; boll weevil * * * boll weevil an alfalfa … Combinatory dictionary
weevil — [15] Old English had a word wifel ‘beetle’, but this appears to have died out, and weevil was probably borrowed from Middle Low German wevel. Both words had the same ultimate origin, however: prehistoric Germanic *webilaz. It is not clear whether … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
weevil — UK [ˈwiːv(ə)l] / US [ˈwɪv(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms weevil : singular weevil plural weevils an insect that eats plants and can destroy crops … English dictionary
