English Dictionary

oak apple

名詞

A spherical type of oak gall, produced by an oak gall wasp (tribe Cynipini).

日本語の意味

カシの木にできる球状の瘤（こぶ）。カシウドウバチ（Cynipini族）によって誘発される、樹木の一部の異常な成長形態。

An oak apple fell from the branch, revealing the tiny wasp larva inside.

枝から球状のナラの虫えいが落ち、中に小さなハチの幼虫が現れた。

意味（1）

A spherical type of oak gall, produced by an oak gall wasp (tribe Cynipini).

[T]he small Apples which I have often observ'd to grow on the leaves of an Oak call'd Oak-apples […] are nothing but the Matrices of an Insect, as I elsewhere show.

oak apples （ plural ）