vedalia, Rodolia cardinalis
(noun) native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vedalia (plural vedalias)
Rodolia cardinalis, a beetle once endemic to Australia, but introduced to California and New Zealand to control Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale), a pest of citrus.
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Source: Wiktionary
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
