Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A weevil which infests the plum; the plum-curculio. See cuts under Conotrachelus and plum-gouger.

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  • While the trees thrive and grow fruitful with this fertilizer, the curculio, or plum-weevil, does not appear to find it at all to its taste.

    The Home Acre Edward Payson Roe 1863

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