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valonia

[ vuh-loh-nee-uh ]

noun

  1. acorn cups of an Old World oak, Quercus macrolepis (or Q. aegilops ), used in tanning, dyeing, and making ink.


valonia

/ vəˈləʊnɪə /

noun

  1. the acorn cups and unripe acorns of the Eurasian oak Quercus aegilops, used in tanning, dyeing, and making ink
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of valonia1

1715–25; < Italian vallonia < Modern Greek balánia, plural of baláni acorn
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Word History and Origins

Origin of valonia1

C18: from Italian vallonia, ultimately from Greek balanos acorn
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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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