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valonia
[ vuh-loh-nee-uh ]
noun
- acorn cups of an Old World oak, Quercus macrolepis (or Q. aegilops ), used in tanning, dyeing, and making ink.
valonia
/ vəˈləʊnɪə /
noun
- the acorn cups and unripe acorns of the Eurasian oak Quercus aegilops, used in tanning, dyeing, and making ink
Word History and Origins
Origin of valonia1
Word History and Origins
Origin of valonia1
Example Sentences
He had begun his performance a few yards away, fully concealed amid the squat Valonia oaks and barbed thickets of nettles, and although I knew Chaldoupis was there, crouching in the woods, his song felt like an emanation from deep within the earth, a conjuring.
A new town then began to spring up, settlers being attracted by the prospect of opening up a trade in the products of a vast forest of valonia oaks which grew near.
The valonia trade has also steadily developed, and is supplemented by the export of timber, tobacco and almonds.
Valonia, va-lō′ni-a, n. the large acorn-cup of a species of oak which grows round the Levant, used in tanning.
On the west coast the ilex, plane, oak, valonia oak, and pine predominate.
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