phylloxera
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phylloxera
- /fɪˈlɒksəɹə/ UK
- /fɪˈlɑːk.sɚ/ US
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From the original, superseded genus name translingual Phylloxera, from Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + ξηρός (xērós, “dry”).
noun phylloxeras · phylloxerae
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An insect, 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 insect.
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.
Similar: Phylloxera vastatrix
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noun aphid
| Français | phylloxéra |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Reblaus |
| Italiano | fillossera |
| Ελληνικά | φυλοξήρα fyloxíra |
| Română | filoxeră |
| Русский | филлоксера filloksera |
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