Meanings
plural phylloxeras · plural phylloxerae
- An insect, 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 insect.First known use 19th c.
thirty-five years later the coming of phylloxera to France launched the Algerian wine industry, and by the mid-twentieth century it had grown to be one of the Mediterranean's biggest producers.
1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 32Synonyms: Phylloxera vastatrix
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn insect, 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 insect.
Origin
- Ancient Greekφύλλον“leaf”
- translingualPhylloxera
- Englishphylloxera
From the original, superseded genus name translingual Phylloxera, from Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + ξηρός (xērós, “dry”).
More words from translingual, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch druifluis
- druifluisaphid
Esperanto filoksero
- filokseroaphid
Finnish viinikirva
- viinikirvaaphid
French phylloxéra
- phylloxéraaphid
German Reblaus
- Reblausaphid
Greek φυλοξήρα
- φυλοξήρα (fyloxíra)aphid
Hungarian filoxéra
- filoxéraaphid
Italian fillossera
- fillosseraaphid
Romanian filoxeră
- filoxerăaphid
Russian филлоксера
- филлоксера (filloksera)aphid
Cite this entry
phylloxera. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phylloxera
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