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San Jose scale definition

☆ San· Jose· scale (san′ hō zā′)

a scale insect (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus) that is very destructive to fruit trees and ornamental shrubs

Etymology: after San Jose, Calif., where first observed in the U.S.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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