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

Examples of emerald ash borer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After losing tens of thousands of trees to the emerald ash borer, the city still loses thousands more each year, but despite a promise to replace them this work isn’t fully funded — leaving neighbors waiting at least five years for a tree. —Dillon Donnelly, Twin Cities, 6 Oct. 2025

Now emerald ash borer is killing millions of native ash trees. —Steve Bender, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025

For example, work on the invasive emerald ash borer doesn't stop at the border between Michigan and Wisconsin. —Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025

But for how long? While the emerald ash borer has yet to be found in the small town where Frey lives near Bangor, that is likely an inevitability. —Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

2002, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for emerald ash borer

• corer
• horror
• maurer
• scorer
• storer
• explorer
• restorer