| harvest | 1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn. "Seedtime and harvest . . . Shall not cease." (Gen viii. 22) "At harvest, when corn is ripe." (Tyndale) 2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gathed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc), or fruit. "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe." (Joel III. 13) "To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps." (Shak) 3. The product or result of any exertion or labour; gain; reward. "The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee." (Fuller) "The harvest of a quiet eye." (Wordsworth) Harvest fish See Daddy longlegs. Origin: OE. Harvest, hervest, AS. Haerfest autumn; akin to LG. Harfst, D. Herfst, OHG. Herbist, G. Herbst, and prob. To L. Carpere to pluck, Gr. Fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| harvest bug | The larva of Trombicula species. (05 Mar 2000) |
| harvester | 1. One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper. 2. <zoology> A harvesting ant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| harvester ant | A genus of ants that attack humans and small animals. Synonym: harvester ant. Origin: G. Pogon, beard, + myrmex, ant (05 Mar 2000) |
| harvesting | 1. <cell culture> The collecting of cells, organisms, or the growth medium upon which an experimental population (of cells or microorganisms) had grown, so that the collection can be analysed or so biochemicals can be extracted from it. 2. <zoology> Harvesting ant, any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known. The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and A. Barbara; that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that of Florida is Pogonomyrmex crudelis. (06 Mar 1998) |
| harvestman | 1. A man engaged in harvesting. 2. <zoology> See Daddy longlegs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| regeneration harvest | A timber harvest method that removes selected trees in the existing stand to a density that allows for the establishment of a new even-aged stand below. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| programmed timber harvest | A timber harvest scheduled by a management plan to occur at a certain rate. (05 Dec 1998) |