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phylloxerae

phylloxerae is the plural of phylloxera.

Meaning of phylloxera

Noun

phylloxera (plural phylloxeras or phylloxerae)

  1. 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.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 32
    Synonyms:
    Phylloxera vastatrix

Questions about phylloxerae

What is phylloxerae the plural of?
Phylloxerae is the plural of phylloxera.

Words near phylloxerae in the dictionary

  1. phyllous
  2. phylloxanthin
  3. phylloxanthine
  4. phylloxanthins
  5. phylloxera
  6. phylloxerae
  7. phylloxeran
  8. phylloxerans
  9. phylloxeras
  10. phylloxeric
  11. phylloxerid

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