Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stem borer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: stem -bor-er
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any insect larva, or arthropod, that bores into plant stems.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From stem + borer.

Inflected Forms

stem borers (plural) stemborer (alternative)

Questions

What does stem borer mean?: Any insect larva, or arthropod, that bores into plant stems.
Where does stem borer come from?: From stem + borer.

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