Biology dictionary

upholsterer

One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters. Upholsterer bee.

(Science: zoology) See poppy bee, under Poppy.

Origin: A substitution for older upholder, in OE, broker, tradesman, and formerly also written upholster, upholdster. See Upholder, and -ster.