Crossword-Solution: PSYLLA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Psylla | n. | Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidae. |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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eruption
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Sentences with PSYLLA (5)
The particular species in question was called by Professor Riley the 'Bramble-Flea-louse (_Psylla rubi_ [Footnote: "It can not be distinguished from _Psylla tripunctata_, Fitch (Catalogue of Homoptera, etc.), and, what is most singular, the same species is very common on pine-trees all over the eastern part of the continent, from Florida to Canada."]),' in the American Entomologist (Vol.
Have you not often seen them clustered close together on the young twigs of pear trees--tiny, light-colored things that jumped in all directions when you touched the twig? The name of the plant louse that infests pear trees is the pear-tree psylla.
Another variety of manna is the secretion of the pupa of an insect of the Psylla family and obtains the name of lerp among the aborigines.
Removal of the earth, and the application of soapsuds, has been recommended as a probable remedy for the injuries done by this insect.[37] =Psylla Pyri.=--Some _Aphides_ have the power of leaping, like the leaf-hoppers, but they differ from those insects in having very large transparent upper wings, which cover the sides of the body like a steep roof.
Characteristic curling and puckering, with yellow and orange tints, of the terminal leaves of Apples, Pears, etc., are due to insects of the genera _Aphis_, _Psylla_, etc.