“seed corn”

The following 2 entries include the term seed corn.

seed-corn beetle

noun

: a carabid beetle (Agonoderus lecontei) that often feeds on corn seed in the ground

seed-corn maggot

noun

: a small yellowish grub with a pointed head that is the larva of a grayish brown two-winged fly (Hylemya platura), is native to Europe but now widely distributed in North America, and is typically a destructive borer in seeds and seedlings (as of Indian corn, beans, or melons) but sometimes attacks stems or roots of older plants


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