apple tree borer
noun
Also called flatheaded apple tree borer.
the larva of a metallic wood-boring beetle, Chrysobothris femorata, that bores into the wood of apple and other fruit trees.
Also called roundheaded apple tree borer.
the larva of a long-horned beetle, Saperda candida, that bores into the wood of apple and other fruit trees.
Origin of apple tree borer
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Words nearby apple tree borer
apple of peru,
apple pandowdy,
apple polisher,
apple sauce,
apple sucker,
apple tree borer,
apple valley,
apple-pie,
apple-pie bed,
apple-pie order,
apple-polish