TOBACCO HORNWORM


Meaning of TOBACCO HORNWORM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1909

: an American hawk moth ( Manduca sexta ) whose large usually green larva is a hornworm that feeds on the leaves of plants of the nightshade family and especially tobacco and tomato

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.