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witch-hazel cone gall

witch-hazel cone gall noun: cone-shaped distortions of the leaves of witch-hazel trees, caused by aphids of species Hormaphis hamamelidis (witch-hazel cone gall aphid).

witch-hazel cone gall: cone-shaped distortions of the leaves of witch-hazel trees, caused by aphids of species Hormaphis...
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Noun

witch-hazel cone gall (countable and uncountable, plural witch-hazel cone galls)

  1. Cone-shaped distortions of the leaves of witch-hazel trees, caused by aphids of species Hormaphis hamamelidis (witch-hazel cone gall aphid).

Forms of witch-hazel cone gall

pluralwitch-hazel cone galls

Questions about witch-hazel cone gall

What does witch-hazel cone gall mean?
Witch-hazel cone gall means cone-shaped distortions of the leaves of witch-hazel trees, caused by aphids of species Hormaphis hamamelidis (witch-hazel cone gall aphid).
What part of speech is witch-hazel cone gall?
Witch-hazel cone gall is a noun.
What is the plural of witch-hazel cone gall?
The plural of witch-hazel cone gall is witch-hazel cone galls.

Words near witch-hazel cone gall in the dictionary

  1. witch-elm
  2. witch-elms
  3. witch-finder
  4. witch-finders
  5. witch-hazel
  6. witch-hazel cone gall
  7. witch-hazel cone gall aphid
  8. witch-hazel cone gall aphids
  9. witch-hazel cone galls
  10. witch-hunt
  11. witch-hunted

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