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Word Meanings - PRUNER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner , whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly

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Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner , whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa. (more info) 1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.

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  • WHOSESOEVER
    The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
  • CAUSEFUL
    Having a cause.
  • CIRCULARLY
    In a circular manner.
  • CIRCULAR
    1. A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular. 2. A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.
  • MATURENESS
    The state or quality of being mature; maturity.
  • CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
    Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
  • AMERICANIZATION
    The process of Americanizing.
  • PRUNER
    Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner , whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly
  • BEETLESTOCK
    The handle of a beetle.
  • CIRCULARITY
    The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.
  • SPECIES
    A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
  • AMERICAN
    1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of the American navy." Lyell. American ivy. See Virginia creeper. -- American Party , a party, about 1854,
  • AMERICANISM
    1. Attachment to the United States. 2. A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea. 3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.
  • AMERICAN PLAN
    In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with European plan.
  • MATURESCENT
    Approaching maturity.
  • FURROWY
    Furrowed. Tennyson.
  • NEARLY
    In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.
  • SEVERAL
    1. Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. There was not time enough to hear . . . The severals. Shak. 2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many. Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous family, nor
  • SEVERALITY
    Each particular taken singly; distinction. Bp. Hall.
  • LARVAL
    Of or pertaining to a larva.
  • LIMATURE
    1. The act of filing. 2. That which is filed off; filings. Johnson.
  • RING ARMATURE
    An armature for a dynamo or motor having the conductors wound on a ring.
  • UNDERFURROW
    To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seed or manure.
  • ACCLIMATURE
    The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated. Caldwell.
  • WATER-FURROW
    To make water furrows in.
  • UNCAUSED
    Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. A. Baxter.

 

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