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budworm
noun(bud-worm)
a moth larva that feeds on the buds of plants
budworm
noun(bud-worm)
a tortricid moth (Choristoneura fumiferana) whose larva feeds on evergreen trees (such as spruce and balsam fir) in the northern U.S. and Canada; also : a related moth (C. occidentalis) of the northwestern U.S. and adjacent Canada
budworm
noun(bud-worm)
an American noctuid moth (Heliothis virescens synonym Helicoverpa virescens) whose striped and variably colored larva feeds on buds and young leaves especially of tobacco and cotton

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