PHYLLOXERA


Meaning of PHYLLOXERA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfi-ˌläk-ˈsir-ə, fə-ˈläk-sə-rə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from phyll- + Greek xēros dry

Date: 1880

: any of several plant lice (family Phylloxeridae) ; especially : one ( Daktulosphaira vitifoliae syn. Viteus vitifoliae ) originally of North America but introduced into Europe and elsewhere that produces galls on the leaves and roots of grape vines and is a serious pest especially of vinifera grapes in wine-producing regions

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