gall
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8.8
- noun
- /ɡɔl/
- Specialized
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- After examining the leaf, he identified it as a gall formed by a gall midge.
- gall wasps
- galls form
- feed on galls
Examples
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A swelling called a gall makes a cozy home for another kind of Melaleuca herbivore.
Academic text (1997) -
"Fully developed galls are usually about the size of a marble," says researcher Purcell at Brisbane.
Academic text (1997) -
- Have I told you that my apple trees have crown gall?
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I was just telling Henry that my apple trees had crown gall.
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- I sprayed and the crown gall was gone.
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- I sprayed and the crown gall is gone.
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- But I sprayed and the crown gall is gone.
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- Got rid of the crown gall and got sooty blotch.
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Because the plant must expend resources to form the galls, it devotes fewer resources to producing flower and leaf buds.
Academic text (2004) -
Kinsey examines galls—woody structures that gall wasps induce oak trees to produce—in this 1935 photograph.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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9.9
A growth on a plant caused by insects, mites or fungi
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.9
A small organ under the liver that stores bile until it enters the intestine
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A small wasp that makes round growths called galls on oak trees and other plants
- Specialized
A plant that lives for several years with drooping clusters of pink flowers and broad leaves like a lion's paw
- Specialized
A small insect that makes pineapple-shaped growths on young spruce branches
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
A plant gall is named from an old word for a sore or swelling, so it helps to think of it as a little 'lump' or growth on a plant caused by insects or injury. So a gall on a leaf or stem is an abnormal, swollen part of the plant.