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GallGall Gall, n. [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L. galla.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by
insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by
small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay
their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls.
Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut.
Note: The galls, or gallnuts, of commerce are produced by
insects of the genus Cynips, chiefly on an oak
(Quercus infectoria or Lusitanica) of Western Asia
and Southern Europe. They contain much tannin, and are
used in the manufacture of that article and for making
ink and a black dye, as well as in medicine.
Gall insect (Zo["o]l.), any insect that produces galls.
Gall midge (Zo["o]l.), any small dipterous insect that
produces galls.
Gall oak, the oak (Quercus infectoria) which yields the
galls of commerce.
Gall of glass, the neutral salt skimmed off from the
surface of melted crown glass;- called also glass gall
and sandiver. --Ure.
Gall wasp. (Zo["o]l.) See Gallfly. GallGall Gall, n.[OE. galle, gal, AS. gealla; akin to D. gal, OS.
& OHG. galla, Icel. gall, SW. galla, Dan. galde, L. fel, Gr.
?, and prob. to E. yellow. ? See Yellow, and cf. Choler]
1. (Physiol.) The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the
gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the
secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the
mucous membrane of the gall bladder.
2. The gall bladder.
3. Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.
He hath . . . compassed me with gall and travail.
--Lam. iii. 5.
Comedy diverted without gall. --Dryden.
4. Impudence; brazen assurance. [Slang]
Gall bladder (Anat.), the membranous sac, in which the
bile, or gall, is stored up, as secreted by the liver; the
cholecystis. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
Gall duct, a duct which conveys bile, as the cystic duct,
or the hepatic duct.
Gall sickness, a remitting bilious fever in the
Netherlands. --Dunglison.
Gall of the earth (Bot.), an herbaceous composite plant
with variously lobed and cleft leaves, usually the
Prenanthes serpentaria. Gall
Gall Gall, v. t. (Dyeing)
To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts. --Ure.
Gall
Gall Gall, v. i.
To scoff; to jeer. [R.] --Shak.
Gall
Gall Gall, n.
A wound in the skin made by rubbing.
Meaning of Galls from wikipedia
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applies particularly to
insect and mite
plant galls. The
study of
plant galls is
known as cecidology.
Plant galls are
caused by a wide
range of organisms,...
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Galling is a form of wear
caused by
adhesion between sliding surfaces. When a
material galls, some of it is
pulled with the
contacting surface, especially...
- the
galls, in
which they are
otherwise well-protected from
external environmental effects. The host plants, and the size and
shape of the
galls are specific...
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Gallion may
refer to:
Gallion, Alabama, a
community in Hale County,
Alabama Gallion (plant genus), a
former genus in the
family Rubiaceae Arthur Gallion...
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Other galls found on oak
trees include the oak
artichoke gall and the
acorn cup
gall, but each of
these has its own
distinctive form. Oak
galls have been...
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titles containing gall Gallbladder Gaul (disambiguation)...
- Ontario, the
galls are
found mostly on
Colorado spruce. The
infection is most
noticeable on
Cooley spruce in the spring, May to June, when the
galls appear...
- Ox
gall is
gall,
usually obtained from cows, that is an
ingredient in bile soap and
mixed with
alcohol and used as the
wetting agent in
paper marbling...
- A
gall-inducing
insect is any
insect that can
cause the
growth of
galls within plants.
There are
several groups of
insects that meet this description...
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resources in the
gall from the
surrounding plant parts.
Galls may also
provide the
insect with some
physical protection from predators.
Galls interfere with...
