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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats