A roughly spherical type of oak gall; spec. the reddish spongy gall formed in leaf-buds by the developing larvae of a gall wasp (family Cynipidae…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > gall or abnormal growth > on particular plants (25) oak-apple1440 A roughly spherical type of oak gall; spec. the reddish spongy gall formed in leaf-buds by the developing larvae of a gall wasp (family Cynipidae… bedeguar1578 A moss-like excrescence on rose-bushes: it is a kind of gall produced by the puncture of a small insect Cynips rosæ. sponge1608 A spongy gall or excrescence on rose-bushes; = bedeguar, n. 2. oak-berry1626 †(a) a berry-like oak gall (obsolete); (b) Irish English (northern) an acorn. oak nut1626 †(a) a kind of oak gall (perhaps a marble gall) (obsolete); (b) (chiefly Scottish) an acorn. Aleppo gall1698 (in full Aleppo oak gall) a hard nut-like gall that forms on any of several oaks (esp. the gall or dyer's oak, Q. lusitanica), in response to the… grape-gall1753 (see quot.). rose gall1753 a gall produced by a gall wasp on a rose plant; esp. a robin's pincushion or bedeguar. oak galla1774 a gall on an oak (see gall, n.3). ear cockle1777 A disease of wheat and other cereal plants caused by the parasitic nematode Anguina tritici, in which the grains are replaced by small, dark… honeysuckle apple1818 a fungus, Exobasidium azaleae, occurring on the leaves of an azalea, Rhododendron periclymenoides; (also) the plant itself. sage-apple1832 a gall-apple formed on a species of sage, Salvia pomifera, eaten as a fruit in Crete. robin's pincushion1835 a reddish moss-like gall occurring on the stems of rose bushes, formed in response to the developing larvae of a gall wasp, Diplolepis rosae; also… oak spangle1836 a flat gall formed on the underside of oak leaves by various insects; = spangle-gall n. at spangle, n.1 compounds 2. robin's cushion1837 = robin's pincushion n. oak-wart1840 an oak gall. spangle1842 An oak-spangle. (See oak, n. compounds 3.) shick-shack1847 Apparently originally used as a term of abuse for persons who were found not wearing the customary oak-apple or sprig of oak on the morning of… spangle-gall1864 = sense 4b. tomato gall1869 a fleshy, often reddish-yellow gall formed in clusters on the leaves and stems of grapevines around the larvae of certain gall midges, esp. Lasiop… Robin redbreast's cushion1878 English regional. Also Robin redbreast's cushion. = robin's pincushion n. at robin, n.1 compounds 3b. Now rare. knopper1879 A kind of oak-gall caused by an insect of the genus Cynips, formerly used in tanning and dyeing. trumpet-gall1879 a small trumpet-shaped gall found on grapevines in U.S. (Cent. Dict.). spongiole1884 = sponge, n.1 6b. rare. knot-gall1894 a species of oak-gall produced by the cynipid Andricus noduli. |
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