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
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
