POTATO LEAFHOPPER


Meaning of POTATO LEAFHOPPER in English

1. any of various leafhoppers that are serious pests, damaging a wide variety of cultivated and wild plants, esp. potatoes.

2. a small, light green, white-spotted leafhopper, Empoasca fabae, that is a pest of potatoes in the eastern U.S. and also attacks apple trees and numerous other cultivated plants.

[ 1920-25 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .