| 单词 | button gall |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutton gall button gall n. (more fully silk button gall) a type of gall found on the undersides of oak leaves, occurring as a thickened disc which is covered with golden-brown hairs and has a depression in the centre, caused by the gall wasp Neuroterus numismalis. ΚΠ 1843 Gardeners' Chron. 28 Jan. 52/1 A casual observer might mistake the brown globose Button-galls for the eggs of a large moth. 1882 N. E. Brown in G. W. Johnson Gardener's Dict. (new ed.) Suppl. 968/1 The Silk-button gall..forms a small disc, depressed in the centre, of a pale brown colour, clothed with silky hairs. 1935 Scotsman 19 Oct. 12/7 On the leaves also may be found the numerous and usually pretty galls such as the spangle, currant, and button galls. 2015 @PMacdonaldPhoto 30 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Silk-button gall of the Cynipid wasp Neuroterus numismalis on oak leaf. < as lemmas |
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