Associations to the word «Tortrix»

Wiktionary

TORTRIX, noun. (zoology) Any member of the moth genus Tortrix.

Dictionary definition

TORTRIX, noun. California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges.
TORTRIX, noun. Small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca