Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abnormal growth in a plant caused by gall-making insects, mites, and fungi; a gall; a gallnut.
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- noun A
gall produced on aplant byinfection frominsects etc
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Gall: an abnormal swelling or excrescence on a plant, produced by an insect: = cecidium.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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