See Also: Rhizoctonia(medicine)
Rhizoctonia(dictionary)

gallinipper (iou) and Rhizoctonia (iou)


gallinipper (iou)



gallinipper noun. Chiefly US. Also (earlier) gurnipper. M17.
[Origin unkn.]
Any biting or stinging insect; spec. a very large American mosquito, Psorophora ciliata, whose bite results in a painful swelling.

Rhizoctonia (iou)



Rhizoctonia noun. L19.
[mod. Latin form-genus name, from RHIZO- + Greek ktonos murder + -IA1.]
Botany & Agriculture. The asexual state of any of various fungi, some of which cause disease in plants.