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insect-induced growth on plant. often very distinctive and even species-specific structures developed when insects, fungi or bacteria stimulate abnormal growth of a plant
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Summary

gall ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,948 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: animal shelter created by an animal[2], plant structure[3]
  • Commons category: Galls[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Galls[5]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], The New Student's Reference Work[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Partially coincident with: oak apple[12]
  • Different from: Gauls[13]
  • Studied by: cecidiology[14]

Why It Matters

gall has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] gall is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · ChristianSW · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → oak apple
    Sitelink count → 47
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Partially coincident with: oak apple"
  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → galls-botany
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: galls-botany, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289929373|galls botany (#289929373)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → cecidiology
    Different from → Gauls
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Galls
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 22550, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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