Examine the stalk, especially behind the sheaths, for holes and sawdustlike frass where the larvae have entered to tunnel in the stalk.
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Frass
//fɹæs//
Synonyms for "frass"
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Translations
7 translations across 5 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- jätökset noun (droppings)
French
1 entries- vermoulure noun (sawdust from insect boring)
Hungarian
2 entries- rovarpiszok noun (droppings)
- rágcsálék noun (sawdust from insect boring)
Japanese
1 entries- フラス noun (sawdust from insect boring)
Polish
2 entries- odchody larw owadów noun (droppings)
- trociny po żłobieniach owadów noun (sawdust from insect boring)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Although purists object to artificial turf or ‘frass’, it finds purchase as way to save water in parched Golden State
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