sorghum midge

noun

Contarinia sorghicola, a gall midge pest of sorghum.

Meanings

nounsorghum midge (plural sorghum midges)

plural sorghum midges

  1. Contarinia sorghicola, a gall midge pest of sorghum.

    the sorghum midge and the clover midge make it nearly impossible to grow the seed of these plants in certain sections

    1940, Ephraim Porter Felt, Plant Galls and Gall Makers, page 27
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