Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 17 compound words that contain galls. The most common are listed below. Open galls in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- oak gallsplural of oak gall: A gall produced by an oak by larvae of a common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).
- knopper gallsplural of knopper gall: A gall that develops on the pedunculate oak, induced by the wasp Andricus quercuscalicis.
- Chinese gallsplural of Chinese gall: A gall produced on Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis, syn. Rhus semialata) infested by the female Chinese sumac aphids (Schlechtendalia chinensis).
- crown gallsplural of crown gall: A disease of plants caused by infection of soil bacteria of the genus Agrobacterium
- cup gallsplural of cup gall: A cup-shaped gall in oak leaves.
- rind gallsplural of rind gall: A defect in timber, caused by damage to the bark of the young tree.
- scroll-gallsplural of scroll-gall: A leaf malformation caused by insects, making the leaf curl up on the side attacked.
- seed gallsplural of seed gall: A small gall.
- tomato gallsplural of tomato gall: A large yellowish green gall, somewhat tinged with red, consisting of a mass of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of grapevines, produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly (Lasioptera vitis).
- water-gallsplural of water-gall: A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying a rainbow.
- wound gallsplural of wound gall: An elongated swollen or tuberous gall on the branches of the grapevine, caused by a small reddish-brown weevil (Ampeloglypter sesostris) whose larvae inhabit the galls.
- Aleppo gallsplural of Aleppo gall: The gall produced by the leaves of the Aleppo oak, Quercus infectoria, in response to the larvae of a species of gall wasp, Cynips quercusfolii, and which has been harvested for thousands of years as a concentrated …
- filbert gallsplural of filbert gall: A gall shaped like a hazelnut, growing in clusters on grapevines, produced by the larva of a gallfly (genus Cecidomyia).
- witch-hazel cone gallsplural of witch-hazel cone gall: Cone-shaped distortions of the leaves of witch-hazel trees, caused by aphids of species Hormaphis hamamelidis (witch-hazel cone gall aphid).
- navel gallsplural of navel gall: A bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle.
Compound words 17
- gallstonesplural of gallstone: A small, hard object, in the shape of a pebble, that sometimes forms in the gallbladder or bile duct; composed of cholesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts.
- baygallsplural of baygall: Synonym of bayhead (“type of swamp or wetland”).
- bergallsplural of bergall: Tautogolabrus adspersus, a wrasse native to the western Atlantic, inhabiting inshore waters near the sea floor at depths of 10–128 metres (33–420 feet) and at latitudes of 36°–49° north, and reaching up to 38 centimetres …
- burgallsplural of burgall: A cunner, a fish of species (Tautogolabrus adspersus).
- Chagallsplural of Chagall: An artwork, or a copy of one, by the famous artist Marc Chagall.
- gingallsplural of gingall: A type of gun, usually a light piece mounted on a swivel, sometimes taking the form of a heavy musket fired from a rest.
- jingallsplural of jingall: A type of gun, usually a light piece mounted on a swivel, sometimes taking the form of a heavy musket fired from a rest.
- nutgallsplural of nutgall: A kind of gall on a tree formed in response to damage or parasite, with a nut-like shape.
- oakgallsplural of oakgall: A gall produced by an oak by larvae of a common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).
- Schmidgallsplural of Schmidgall: A surname.