Oidium Tuckeri

Oidium Tuckeri
Grape Grape, n. [OF. grape, crape, bunch or cluster of grapes, F. grappe, akin to F. grappin grapnel, hook; fr. OHG. chrapfo hook, G. krapfen, akin to E. cramp. The sense seems to have come from the idea of clutching. Cf. {Agraffe}, {Cramp}, {Grapnel}, {Grapple}.] 1. (Bot.) A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use and for making wine and raisins. [1913 Webster]

2. (Bot.) The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine. [1913 Webster]

3. (Man.) A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse. [1913 Webster]

4. (Mil.) Grapeshot. [1913 Webster]

{Grape borer}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Vine borer}.

{Grape curculio} (Zo["o]l.), a minute black weevil ({Craponius in[ae]qualis}) which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes.

{Grape flower}, or

{Grape hyacinth} (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Muscari racemosum}) with small blue globular flowers in a dense raceme.

{Grape fungus} (Bot.), a fungus ({Oidium Tuckeri}) on grapevines; vine mildew.

{Grape hopper} (Zo["o]l.), a small yellow and red hemipterous insect, often very injurious to the leaves of the grapevine.

{Grape moth} (Zo["o]l.), a small moth ({Eudemis botrana}), which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes, and often binds them together with silk.

{Grape of a cannon}, the cascabel or knob at the breech.

{Grape sugar}. See {Glucose}.

{Grape worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the grape moth.

{Sour grapes}, things which persons affect to despise because they can not possess them; -- in allusion to [AE]sop's fable of the fox and the grapes. [1913 Webster]


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  • Oidium Tuckeri — Vine Vine, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See {Wine}, and cf. {Vignette}.] (Bot.) (a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes. (b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Oidium Tuckeri — Oidium O*[ i]d i*um, n. [NL., dim. fr. Gr. w, o n egg.] (Bot.) A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Oidium (genus) — Oidium Spores of the Oidium anamorph of Microsphaera penicillata Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • Oidium —   [griechisch ōiídion »kleines Ei«, zu ōíon, ōón »Ei«], fortpflanzungsfähige Dauerzellen bei manchen Pilzen, die durch Zerfall des Myzels in einzelne Zellen entstehen. Als Oidium tuckeri wird eine Lebensphase des Echten Mehltaus bezeichnet. * * * …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Oidium — O*[ i]d i*um, n. [NL., dim. fr. Gr. w, o n egg.] (Bot.) A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of other… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Oïdium — (O. Lk.), Faselpilzgattung. O. albĭcans, ein menschlicher Pflanzenparasit, so v.w. Soorpilz, s. Soor. O. aurantiăcum (rother Schimmel des Brodes), ein von Payen entdeckter mikroskopischer Pilz, aus welchem die orangerothe Masse besteht, die bei… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Oïdium — Link (Eischimmel, Faulschimmel), schimmelartige Pilze, deren Fruchthyphen an ihrer Spitze kettenförmig eine Spore (Konidie) nach der andern abschnüren, so daß die unterste der kettenförmig verbundenen, farblosen, eiförmigen oder länglichrunden,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Виноградные болезни — одна из самых распространенных грибных болезней винограда оидиум, которую грузины называют нацари , а в Бессарабии она известна под именем попилыця . В первый раз эта болезнь описана Тукером в 1847 г.; а Беркелей открыл виновника ее паразитный… …   Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона

  • oidio — o·ì·dio s.m. 1a. TS bot. il conidio di alcuni funghi della famiglia delle Erisifacee 1b. TS bot. → mal bianco 2a. TS bot. stadio conidiale del fungo Oidium tuckeri che, in presenza di aschi, prende il nome di Uncinula necator 2b. TS agr. malattia …   Dizionario italiano

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