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Definition of Phylloxera

1. Noun. Type genus of the Phylloxeridae: plant lice.

Definition of Phylloxera

1. n. 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.

Definition of Phylloxera

1. Noun. An aphid, of the genus ''Phylloxera'', that is very destructive to grape vines ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phylloxera

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Medical Definition of Phylloxera

1. 1. 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. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Leaf + dry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Phylloxera

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

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"phylloxera 1873-1880. History of phylloxera-vastatrix and its ravages in ... Lecture on the phylloxera or grapevine louse, delivered before State Vinic. ..."

2. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1877)
"phylloxera vastatrix, or the grape-vine-root gall-louse, is by many ento- No. ... The young of the root-inhabiting type (phylloxera vastatrix) are ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The particular species of phylloxera which attacks the vine is a native of ... It is practically certain that the deadly phylloxera was imported on these ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"ENTOMOLOGY.1 NOTES ON THE GRAPE phylloxera AND ON LAWS TO PREVENT ITS INTRODUCTION.—I have received the following letter from a well-known grape grower of ..."

5. Bibliography of the More Important Contributions to American Economic Entomology by United States Bureau of Entomology, Nathan Banks, Samuel Henshaw (1889)
"30 The term "phylloxera," 30—Bibliographical history, 30—Characters of the genus and its position in the system, 33—Biological history, 33—Different forms ..."

6. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"SOSIE RECENT DISCOVERIES IN REVERENCE TO phylloxera. By CV RILEY of Washington, DC [ABSTRACT.] EVERY new fact in the life-history of the insects of this ..."

7. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1877)
"Among the various methods employed most successfully in France to prevent the ravages of the phylloxera, is the application of the sulpho-carbonates as ..."

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