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Definition of Infested
1. infest [v] - See also: infest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infested
Literary usage of Infested
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"May 14th, on the steamer "Mariposa," from Tahiti, we found in possession of one
of the crew two cocoanut palms infested with several species of scale ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"Moderately infested trees may be saved by cutting out the grubs and ...
Badly infested trees should be taken out and burned, either during the winter or ..."
3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"The group at the left is made up of self colored seeds infested by the larvae of
the Angoumois moth, whose tracks are conspicuous on the seeds. ..."
4. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1921)
"If, after such examination or inspection, any of said articles are found so
infected or infested, then it shall be the duty of the owner, owners, ..."
5. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"Small parties of wandering Shawnees occasionally infested the frontiers, ...
A part of the banditti who afterwards infested the narrows of the Tennessee ..."
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