gall-nut
21aleppo gall — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : a hard brittle spherical body that is about the size of a hickory nut and is produced on the twigs of an oak (Quercus infectoria) by a gall wasp (Cynips tinctoria) …
22oak-nut — oakˈ nut noun A gall on the oak • • • Main Entry: ↑oak …
23gallnut — gall·nut gȯl .nət n a gall resembling a nut * * * gall·nut (gawlґnət) nutgall …
24gallnut — gall•nut [[t]ˈgɔlˌnʌt[/t]] n. ppa a nutlike gall on plants • Etymology: 1565–75 …
25gallnut — n. = GALL(3). * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: gall (IV) : a gall resembling a nut * * * /gawl nut /, n. a nutlike gall on plants. [1565 75; GALL3 + NUT] * * * gallˈnut noun A nut like gall produced on an oak by …
26nutgall — An excrescence on the oak, Quercus infectoria (family Fagaceae) and other species of Quercus, caused by the deposit of the ova of a fly, Cynips gallae tinctorae; an astringent and styptic, by virtue of the tannin it contains. SYN: gall (3), galla …
27gel-1 — gel 1 English meaning: “to curl; round, *gland, growth, ball, fathom, arm” Deutsche Übersetzung: “ballen, sich ballen; Gerundetes, Kugeliges” etc Material: evidence for the unadjusted root form are seldom and partly very doubtful …
28Gallnut — Gall nut , n. (Zo[ o]l.) A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See {Gall}, and {Nutgall}. [1913 Webster] …
29nutgall — n. Gall, gall nut …
30Cecidomyia — Cec i*do*my i*a (s[e^]s [i^]*d[ o]*m[imac] [i^]*[.a]), prop. n. [Nl., fr. Gr. khki s, khki^dos, a gall nut + myi^a a fly.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the {Hessian fly}. See {Hessian… …
