Plant-louse

  • 51oak blight — noun a black plant louse that lives on oaks and dogwoods • Hypernyms: ↑plant louse, ↑louse * * * noun : a black plant louse (Anoecia guerci) that lives on the small branches of oak trees and on the dogwood …

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  • 52aphid — aphidian /euh fid ee euhn/, adj., n. aphidious, adj. /ay fid, af id/, n. any of numerous tiny soft bodied insects of the family Aphididae of worldwide distribution, that suck the sap from the stems and leaves of various plants, some developing… …

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  • 53woolly aphid — noun secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads • Syn: ↑woolly plant louse • Hypernyms: ↑aphid • Hyponyms: ↑woolly apple aphid, ↑American blight, ↑Eriosoma lanigerum, ↑ …

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  • 54psylla — noun small active cicada like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices • Syn: ↑jumping plant louse, ↑psyllid • Hypernyms: ↑plant louse, ↑louse • Member Holonyms: ↑Psyllidae, ↑ …

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  • 55psyllid — noun small active cicada like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices • Syn: ↑jumping plant louse, ↑psylla • Hypernyms: ↑plant louse, ↑louse • Member Holonyms: ↑Psyllidae, ↑ …

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  • 56AEgeria polistiformis — Vine Vine, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See {Wine}, and cf. {Vignette}.] (Bot.) (a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes. (b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long …

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  • 57Aerial roots — Root Root, n. [Icel. r[=o]t (for vr[=o]t); akin to E. wort, and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See {Wort}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion …

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  • 58Ampeloglypter sesostris — Vine Vine, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See {Wine}, and cf. {Vignette}.] (Bot.) (a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes. (b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long …

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  • 59Anomala — Vine Vine, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See {Wine}, and cf. {Vignette}.] (Bot.) (a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes. (b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long …

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  • 60Cidaria diversilineata — Vine Vine, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See {Wine}, and cf. {Vignette}.] (Bot.) (a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes. (b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long …

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