Usually means: Insect larva damaging grass stems.
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  1. jointworm: Merriam-Webster
  2. jointworm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. jointworm: Collins English Dictionary
  4. jointworm: Vocabulary.com
  5. jointworm: Wordnik
  6. jointworm: Wiktionary
  7. jointworm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. jointworm: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Jointworm, jointworm: Dictionary.com
  10. Jointworm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. jointworm: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. jointworm: Rhymezone
  13. Jointworm: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. jointworm: FreeDictionary.org
  15. jointworm: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. jointworm: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The larva of a hymenopterous insect, Tetramesa tritici, found in gall-like swellings on wheatstalks, usually around the first joint.

Similar:
strawworm, wheal-worm, horseworm, fruitworm, wheatworm, hairworm, fireworm, stagworm, wireworm, jigger, more...

Phrases:
wheat jointworm, more...

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Similar:
strawworm, wheal-worm, horseworm, fruitworm, wheatworm, hairworm, fireworm, stagworm, wireworm, jigger, more...

Phrases:
wheat jointworm, more...



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