English Dictionary

black palmer

名詞

口語 廃用

(obsolete, colloquial) The larva of the turnip sawfly, an agricultural pest

日本語の意味

カブのノコギリハムシの幼虫（農作物に被害をもたらす農業害虫）

Farmers blamed the ruined turnip patch on a sudden outbreak of black palmer last summer.

農家は昨年の夏、カブラハバチの幼虫が突然大量発生したことを原因としてカブ畑が荒れたと非難した。

意味（1）

(obsolete, colloquial) The larva of the turnip sawfly, an agricultural pest

Mr. Wooldridge informed me, that on the first appearance of the insects, before he had himself observed them, one of his older neighbours remarked to him, that the yellow flies which produce the black palmers were then abundant in the turnip fields; […]

black palmers （ plural ）