Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A beetle that infests the turnip.
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The young plants get hold of it and grow so rapidly as to be soon out of danger from the turnip-beetle.
Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject Joseph Harris 1860
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