| 单词 | robin's pincushion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrobin's pincushion robin's pincushion n. 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 called bedeguar; cf. robin's cushion n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > gall or abnormal growth > on particular plants oak-apple1440 bedeguar1578 sponge1608 oak-berry1626 oak nut1626 Aleppo gall1698 grape-gall1753 rose gall1753 oak galla1774 ear cockle1777 honeysuckle apple1818 sage-apple1832 robin's pincushion1835 oak spangle1836 robin's cushion1837 oak-wart1840 spangle1842 shick-shack1847 spangle-gall1864 tomato gall1869 Robin redbreast's cushion1878 knopper1879 trumpet-gall1879 spongiole1884 knot-gall1894 1835 J. Curtis Brit. Entomol. III. Pl. 552 (caption) Some of these Insects I breed in vast quantities from the beautiful moss-like balls attached to the branches of the Dog-rose, called Bedeguar, and known in some parts of England by the name of ‘Robin's Pincushions’. 1927 Daily Express 20 Apr. 8/5 Rose-galls are of two distinct kinds, the most beautiful being the well-known bedeguar or robin's pincushion, which consists of a colony of about fifty gall-wasps. 1993 M. Chinery Insects Brit. & N. Europe 267 Diplolepis rosae, the insect responsible for the familiar robin's pincushion or bedeguar galls on roses.., has no alternation of generations. < as lemmas |
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