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citricola scale

citricola scale noun: coccus pseudomagnoliarum, a pest of citrus.

Noun

citricola scale (plural citricola scales)

  1. Coccus pseudomagnoliarum, a pest of citrus.
    • Many experiments were also made on the control of red, black, and citricola scales, the spraying being done with the Experiment Station sprayer.1932, Citrus Leaves, volume 12, page 14, column 1
    • As a citrus pest, the citricola scale is at present limited to California.1948, Alfred M. Boyce, “Insects and Mites and Their Control”, in Leon Dexter Batchelor, Herbert John Webber, editors, The Citrus Industry: Volume II: The Production of the Crop, Berkeley, Calif.; Los...

Forms of citricola scale

pluralcitricola scales

Origin of citricola scale

Citricola is from citr- + -cola.

Questions about citricola scale

What does citricola scale mean?
Citricola scale means coccus pseudomagnoliarum, a pest of citrus.
What part of speech is citricola scale?
Citricola scale is a noun.
What is the plural of citricola scale?
The plural of citricola scale is citricola scales.

Words near citricola scale in the dictionary

  1. citreoviridin
  2. citri
  3. citric
  4. citric acid
  5. citric acid cycle
  6. citricola scale
  7. citricola scales
  8. citricultural
  9. citriculture
  10. citricultures
  11. citriculturist

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