Lexic.us

Definition of Gall wasp

1. Noun. Small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants.

Definition of Gall wasp

1. Noun. Any insect of the ''Cynipidae'' family, whose larvae damage trees, particularly oak trees, creating galls on the branches. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gall Wasp

Literary usage of Gall wasp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"2981 Oak gall wasp, etc., . . . 2982 Sponge gall wasp, Oak Root gall wasp, etc., .... 2982 Rose gall wasp and its Gall, . . 2983 Egg Wasps, . ..."

2. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"The Oak Rose Gall-Wasp, Cynips (Teros) terminalis, causes the large, rose-coloured, spongy galls at the tips of Oak twigs. They are generally formed at the ..."

3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... which is produced on the tips of the branches of the Oak by the gall-wasp ... which are covered with green foliage-leaves are produced by the gall-wasp ..."

4. The Protection of Woodlands Against Dangers Arising from Organic and by G. Kauschinger (1893)
"The Oak-rose Gall-wasp, Cynips (Teras) terminalis, produces the large red, spongy galls at the tips of Oak twigs. These round, rose-coloured, spongy galls ..."

5. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1900)
"... that the different forms of one and the same gall-wasp produce different forms of galls upon one and the same host-plant—the oak; and this is of special ..."

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