emerald ash borer

noun

: a metallic-green Asian beetle (Agrilus planipennis) accidentally introduced into the U.S. and having a destructive larva that bores into the wood of ash trees

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Milwaukee County Parks will plant 20 trees at South Shore Park on Friday to restore the county's tree canopy decimated by an invasive species of insect called the emerald ash borer. —

Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024 Lakewood has confirmed its first case of emerald ash borer, an invasive insect that’s killed millions of North American ash trees, city officials said in a news release Thursday. —

Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2024 Foresters usually cut ash trees because an invasive insect, the emerald ash borer, is killing most of them. —

Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024 The Fort Worth Botanic Garden’s ash tree population is recovering from an emerald ash borer scare, officials with the garden said Tuesday. —

Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for emerald ash borer

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2002, in the meaning defined above

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“Emerald ash borer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emerald%20ash%20borer. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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