an abnormal growth formed in response to the presence of insect larvae, mites, or fungi on plants and trees, especially oaks
a minute mite which is parasitic on plants, typically living inside buds and causing them to form hard galls
a small winged insect of ant-like appearance. The female lays its egg in the food plant and when the larva hatches the surrounding plant tissue swells up around it to form a gall
a small, conical, nail-shaped gall that forms on the leaves of lime trees in response to the presence of mites
a hard nut-like gall that forms on some varieties of oak in response to the developing larva of a gall wasp. It is used as a source of gallic acid and tannin
a bacterial disease of plants, especially fruit bushes and trees, which is characterized by large tumour-like galls on the roots and lower trunk
a small, delicate fly which induces gall formation in plants or may cause other damage to crops
a hard spherical gall which forms on the common oak in response to the developing larva of a gall wasp
a spherical red or purple gall which forms on the leaves or male catkins of oak trees in response to the developing larva of a gall wasp. It results from eggs laid in the spring and alternates within the annual cycle with the spangle gall
the small sac-shaped organ beneath the liver, in which bile is stored after secretion by the liver and before release into the intestine
a hard, irregular umbrella-like gall which forms on an oak acorn in response to the developing larva of a gall wasp
a reddish disc-shaped gall that forms on the undersides of oak leaves in response to the developing larva of a gall wasp. It results from eggs laid in the summer and alternates with the currant gall within the annual cycle
a hard egg-shaped gall which forms inside an artichoke bud in response to the developing larva of a gall wasp
a reddish mosslike growth on rose bushes that forms in response to the developing larvae of a gall wasp
a reddish moss-like growth on rose bushes, forming in response to the developing larvae of a gall wasp
a small, delicate fly which induces gall formation in plants or may cause other damage to crops