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gall1 British & World English

bold and impudent behaviour

gall2 British & World English

annoyance or resentment

gall3 British & World English

an abnormal growth formed in response to the presence of insect larvae, mites, or fungi on plants and trees, especially oaks

gall mite British & World English

a minute mite which is parasitic on plants, typically living inside buds and causing them to form hard galls

gall wasp British & World English

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

nail gall British & World English

a small, conical, nail-shaped gall that forms on the leaves of lime trees in response to the presence of mites

Aleppo gall British & World English

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

crown gall British & World English

a bacterial disease of plants, especially fruit bushes and trees, which is characterized by large tumour-like galls on the roots and lower trunk

gall midge British & World English

a small, delicate fly which induces gall formation in plants or may cause other damage to crops

marble gall British & World English

a hard spherical gall which forms on the common oak in response to the developing larva of a gall wasp

currant gall British & World English

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

gall bladder British & World English

the small sac-shaped organ beneath the liver, in which bile is stored after secretion by the liver and before release into the intestine

knopper gall British & World English

a hard, irregular umbrella-like gall which forms on an oak acorn in response to the developing larva of a gall wasp

spangle gall British & World English

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

artichoke gall British & World English

a hard egg-shaped gall which forms inside an artichoke bud in response to the developing larva of a gall wasp

mossy rose gall British & World English

a reddish mosslike growth on rose bushes that forms in response to the developing larvae of a gall wasp

bedeguar gall in bedeguar (also bedeguar gall) British & World English

a reddish moss-like growth on rose bushes, forming in response to the developing larvae of a gall wasp

saddle gall midge in gall midge British & World English

a small, delicate fly which induces gall formation in plants or may cause other damage to crops

gall English-German

Unverschämtheit

gall English-Italian

impudenza f

gall bladder English-German

Gallenblase

gall bladder English-Italian

cistifellea f

gall bladder English-Spanish

vesícula f (biliar)