(n) a beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees; lives inside the tree; no natural predators in the United States, Syn. Anoplophora glabripennis
(n) erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used particularly in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage, Syn. Cenchrus ciliaris, Pennisetum cenchroides
(n) small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree, Syn. Dendroctonus rufipennis, Example:the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests