oak wax scale

noun

See under pit scale.
Also called oak scale.

Words nearby oak wax scale

oak lawn, oak leaf cluster, oak leather, oak park, oak ridge, oak wax scale, oak wilt, oak-apple day, oak-leaf cluster, oak-leaf hydrangea, oak-leaved geranium

Definition for oak wax scale (2 of 2)

pit scale

noun

any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus (oak wax scale or oak scale), or covered with a waxy film.