Associations to the word «Phylloxera»

Wiktionary

PHYLLOXERA, noun. An aphid, 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 aphid. [from 19th c.]
PHYLLOXERA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Phylloxeridae.

Dictionary definition

PHYLLOXERA, noun. Type genus of the Phylloxeridae: plant lice.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope