harvesting
林產採收; 收割
Har·vest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harvested; p. pr. & vb. n. Harvesting.] To reap or gather, as any crop.
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Har·vest·ing, a. & n., from Harvest, v. t.
Harvesting ant Zool., any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.
Note: ☞ The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and Aphenogaster barbara; that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that of Florida is Pogonomyrmex crudelis. See Agricultural ant, under Agricultural.
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harvesting
n : the gathering of a ripened crop [syn: harvest, harvest
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