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tobacco budworm

noun

Definition of TOBACCO BUDWORM

:  an American noctuid moth (Heliothis virescens syn. Helicoverpa virescens) whose striped and variably colored larva feeds on buds and young leaves especially of tobacco and cotton
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First Known Use of TOBACCO BUDWORM

1918

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