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tomato fruitworm

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tomato fruitworm

[froot-wurm] .
–noun
corn earworm.

Origin:
1890–95

corn earworm

[eer-wurm]
–noun
the larva of a cosmopolitan noctuid moth, Heliothis zea, that is highly destructive to crops, esp. corn, cotton, and tomato.


Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism
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tomato fruit·worm   (frōōt'wûrm')
n.  The destructive larva of a noctuid moth (Heliothis zea) of the United States that burrows into the fruit of tomato plants.
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