"bumelia borer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bumelia borers [plural]
Etymology: From bumelia + borer. Etymology templates: {{com|en|bumelia|borer}} bumelia + borer Head templates: {{en-noun}} bumelia borer (plural bumelia borers)
  1. (coleopterology, entomology) Plinthocoelium suaveolens, a species of beetle which bores into bumelia trees.

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