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GRAPE PHYLLOXERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grape phylloxera mean?
• GRAPE PHYLLOXERA (noun)
The noun GRAPE PHYLLOXERA has 1 sense:
1. destructive to various grape plants
Familiarity information: GRAPE PHYLLOXERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Destructive to various grape plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
grape louse; grape phylloxera; Phylloxera vitifoleae
Hypernyms ("grape phylloxera" is a kind of...):
louse; plant louse (any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants)
Holonyms ("grape phylloxera" is a member of...):
genus Phylloxera; Phylloxera (type genus of the Phylloxeridae: plant lice)
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