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Definition of Sap sucker

Sap sucker
Sap Sap, n. [AS. s[ae]p; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. Sapid, Sapient.] 1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition. Note: The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of which takes place in the leaves, when it becomes the elaborated sap suited to the growth of the plant. 2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree. 3. A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop. [Slang] Sap ball (Bot.), any large fungus of the genus Polyporus. See Polyporus. Sap green, a dull light green pigment prepared from the juice of the ripe berries of the Rhamnus catharticus, or buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists. Sap rot, the dry rot. See under Dry. Sap sucker (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus, especially the yellow-bellied woodpecker (S. varius) of the Eastern United States. They are so named because they puncture the bark of trees and feed upon the sap. The name is loosely applied to other woodpeckers. Sap tube (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap.

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- selection of sap trees by yellow-bellied sapsuckers". The Auk. 117 (1): 41–51. doi:10.1093/auk/117.1.41. Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). "Sap-Sucker" . The...
- of German Laubsauger an insect that sucks sap from leaves, see aphid or hemiptera Leaf (disambiguation) Sucker (disambiguation) This disambiguation page...
- exudate produced by the plant or fruit, or honeydew-secreting insects or sap suckers the plant may be infested by. Sooty mold itself does little if any harm...
- Article on birch syrup in Edible Toronto magazine Listening "Alaska Sap Suckers" (A story from National Public Radio's All Things Considered program...
- agaves produce suckers throughout their lifetimes; some species rarely or never produce suckers, while others may only develop suckers after final maturation...
- The habits of most species are not well known. Most are believed to be sap-suckers like most other Hemiptera, but some also feed on mites and small insects...
- plants by predation on seeds or feeding on roots of certain species. Some sap-suckers move from one host to another at different times of year. Many aphids...
- Samurai sap sucker, Table Bay nudibranch, Aplysiopsis sinusmensalis (Macnae, 1954) (both sides of the Cape Peninsula) Family Limapontiidae Mop sap sucking...
- tortoise habitat. The many hardwoods also attract various wood****s, sap suckers, and other birds less often seen in the pine forests of southern Georgia...
- Tyndale-Biscoe, Hugh (2004). "Pygmy possums and sugar gliders: pollen eaters and sap suckers". Life of marsupials. CSIRO publishing. p. 203. ISBN 0-643-06257-2. Delacombe...