noun
- a caterpillar that feeds on leaves and appears to wander from plant to plant
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The palmerworm stripped the apple trees of their leaves.
- Ancient texts describe the palmerworm as a destructive pest.
- Farmers feared the arrival of palmerworms in their orchards.
- The palmerworm was mentioned in biblical passages about agricultural plagues.
- Old agricultural manuals warned against the palmerworm’s damage to crops.