HORNED OAK GALL

Meaning of HORNED OAK GALL in English

a small, round tumor, formed around wasp eggs laid in the branches of a pin oak tree, that disrupts the flow of nutrients to the tree, with consequent defoliation and death. Also called oak gall .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HORNED — adjective see: horn
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OAK — I Any of about 450 species of ornamental and timber trees and shrubs that make up the genus Quercus in …
Английский словарь Британика
HORNED — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) great horned owl horned owl horned toad horned lizard
Английский словарь Британика
GALL — I. ˈgȯl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gealla; akin to Old High German galla gall, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OAK — ˈōk noun ( plural oaks or oak ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ook, ok, from Old English āc; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HORNED — |hȯ(ə)rnd, |hȯ(ə)nd sometimes when not in combination -nə̇d adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English horn + -ed 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HORNED — (a.) Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part …
Английский словарь Webster
GALL — (n.) The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of …
Английский словарь Webster
HORNED — ( a. ) Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GALL — ( n. ) The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HORNED — — hornedness /hawr"nid nis/ , n. /hawrnd/ , adj. 1. having horns (often used in combination): a horned beast; blunt-horned. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GALL — gall 1 /gawl/ , n. 1. impudence; effrontery. 2. bile, esp. that of an animal. 3. something bitter or severe. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OAK — n. any of various deciduous or evergreen trees having lobed leaves and bearing acorns; hard wood from the oak tree; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HORNED — adj. having a horn or horns
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HORNED — see horn
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GALL — I. ˈgȯl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gealla; akin to Greek cholē, cholos gall, wrath, Old English geolu …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OAK — noun ( plural oaks or oak ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ook, from Old English āc; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OAK — noun the strong wood or timber of the oak. 2. oak ·noun any tree or shrub of the genus quercus. …
Webster English vocab
HORNED — adj furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part …
Webster English vocab
GALL — noun the gall bladder. 2. gall ·noun impudence; brazen assurance. 3. gall ·noun a wound in the skin made by …
Webster English vocab
OAK — [oak] n, pl oaks or oak often attrib [ME ook, fr. OE ac; akin to OHG eih oak and perh. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GALL — [gall] n [ME, fr. OE gealla; akin to Gk chole, cholos gall, wrath, OE geolu yellow--more at yellow] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OAK — any of about 450 species of ornamental and timber trees and shrubs constituting the genus Quercus in the beech family …
Britannica English vocabulary
GALL — born c. 1840, near Moreau River [in present-day South Dakota], U.S. died 1894, near Oak Creek, S.D. Hunkpapa Sioux war …
Britannica English vocabulary
OAK — oak BrE AmE əʊk AmE oʊk ▷ oaks əʊks AmE oʊks ▶ ˌ Oak ˈ Ridge BrE AmE ▶ ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HORNED — horned adjective BrE AmE hɔːnd ˈhɔːn ɪd, -əd AmE \ hɔːrnd ˈhɔːrn əd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GALL — gall, Gall BrE AmE ɡɔːl ɡɑːl ▷ galled ɡɔːld ɡɑːld ▷ galling ˈɡɔːl ɪŋ ˈɡɑːl- ▷ galls ɡɔːlz ɡɑːlz ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OAK — / əʊk; NAmE oʊk/ noun 1. [ C , U ] (also ˈoak tree ) a large tree that produces …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GALL — / gɔːl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. rude behaviour showing a lack of respect that is surprising …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OAK — oak /əʊk $ oʊk/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ac ] a large …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HORNED — horned /hɔːnd $ hɔːrnd/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] having horns or something that looks like horns: horned cattle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GALL — I. gall 1 /ɡɔːl $ ɡɒːl/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-3: Language: Old English ; Origin: gealla ] [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OAK — n. 1 any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus usu. having lobed leaves and bearing acorns. 2 the durable …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HORNED — adj. having a horn. øhorned owl an owl, Bubo virginianus, with hornlike feathers over the ears. horned toad 1 an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GALL — n. 1 sl. impudence. 2 asperity, rancour. 3 bitterness; anything bitter (gall and wormwood). 4 the bile of animals. 5 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OAK — n. 1 any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus usu. having lobed leaves and bearing acorns. 2 the durable …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HORNED — adj. having a horn. horned owl an owl, Bubo virginianus, with hornlike feathers over the ears. horned toad 1 an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GALL — n. 1 sl. impudence. 2 asperity, rancour. 3 bitterness; anything bitter (gall and wormwood). 4 the bile of animals. 5 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OAK — n.1 any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus usu. having lobed leaves and bearing acorns. 2 the durable wood …
Oxford English vocab
HORNED — adj. having a horn. Phrases and idioms: horned owl an owl, Bubo virginianus, with hornlike feathers over the ears. horned …
Oxford English vocab
GALL — 1. n.1 sl. impudence. 2 asperity, rancour. 3 bitterness; anything bitter (gall and wormwood). 4 the bile of animals. 5 …
Oxford English vocab
OAK — ( oaks) An oak or an oak tree is a large tree that often grows in woods and forests and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HORNED — Horned animals have horns, or parts of their bodies that look like horns. ...horned cattle. ...the call of a horned …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GALL — ( galls, galling, galled) 1. If you say that someone has the gall to do something, you are criticizing them …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HORNED — Horned animals have horns, or parts of their bodies that look like horns. ...~ cattle. ...the call of a ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OAK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an oak/vine/spinach etc leaf (= a leaf from a specific plant or tree ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HORNED — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a horned owl EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But horned dinosaurs had more bends in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GALL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES gall bladder COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE postprandial ▪ Our study also showed that …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OAK — [noun] - a large tree common esp. in northern countries, or the hard wood of this treea mighty oak [C]an …
Cambridge English vocab
HORNED — [adjective] [not gradable]A horned animal has horns.horned cattlea rare breed of four-horned sheep
Cambridge English vocab
OAK — n. live oak poison oak Seven Oaks Massacre
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OAK — n. Any of about 450 species of ornamental and timber trees and shrubs that make up the genus Quercus in …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HORNED — adj. great horned owl horned owl horned toad horned lizard
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OAK — Synonyms and related words : Gibraltar, acacia, adamant, ailanthus, alder, alligator pear, allspice, almond, apple, apricot, ash, aspen, avocado, balsa, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HORNED — Synonyms and related words : Cynthian, S-shaped, acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, acute, barbed, bicorn, corniform, cornuted, crescent, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HORNED — adj. Horned is used with these nouns: ↑ helmet
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OAK — (Heb. strong). There is much difficulty in determining the exact meanings of the several varieties of the term mentioned above. …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
GALL — â Mereerah, denoting "that which is bitter;" hence the term is applied to the "bile" or "gall" (the fluid secreted …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
OAK — 1. сущ. 1) дуб 2) древесина дуба 3) венок из дубовых листьев 4) универ.; разг. наружная дверь sport one's oak …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HORNED — прил. рогатый horned cattle ≈ рогатый скот рогатый - * cow рогатая корова с рогами, с рожками - * moon …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GALL — (физиологическое) желчь (анатомия) желчный пузырь (тж. * bladder) желчность, злоба - a pen dipped in * ядовитое /злое/ перо - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OAK — oak.ogg 1. əʋk n 1. бот. дуб ( Quercus gen. ) 2. древесина дуба made of oak - дубовый; сделанный …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HORNED — horned.ogg hɔ:nd a 1. 1> рогатый horned cow - рогатая корова 2> с рогами, с рожками horned moon - двурогий …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GALL — gall.ogg _I gɔ:l n 1. физиол. жёлчь 2. анат. жёлчный пузырь ( тж. gall bladder) 3. жёлчность, злоба a pen …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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