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Phylloxera

Phylˊlox-e′ra

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
φύλλον
leaf +
ξηρόσ
dry.]
1.
(Zool.)
A small hemipterous insect (
Phylloxera vastatrix
) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe.
☞ It exists in several forms, some of which are winged, other wingless. One form produces galls on the leaves and twigs, another affects the roots, causing galls or swellings, and often killing the vine.
2.
The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just described.

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Phylloxera

Phylloxera

See also: phylloxera and phylloxéra

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Phylloxera f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phylloxeridae.

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phylloxera

phylloxera

See also: Phylloxera and phylloxéra

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phylloxera (plural phylloxeras or phylloxerae)

  1. An aphid, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae of the family Phylloxeridae (not the genus Phylloxera), that is very destructive to grape vines; also, the diseased condition of a vine caused by this aphid. [from 19th c.]
    • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 32:
      thirty-five years later the coming of phylloxera to France launched the Algerian wine industry, and by the mid-twentieth century it had grown to be one of the Mediterranean's biggest producers.

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