VALONIA

Etymology

Noun

valonia (plural valonias)

The European evergreen oak, Quercus macrolepis, now Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, or Quercus aegilops.

The dried acorn cups of this tree, which are used to make a black dye, used in tanning.

Anagrams

• Lavonia, novalia

Source: Wiktionary


Va*lo"ni*a, n. Etym: [It. vallonia, vallonea, fr. NGr. balania`, balanidia`, the holm oak, bala`ni, balani`di, an acorn, Gr. ba`lanos.]

1. The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers.

2. Etym: [Perhaps named from its resemblance to an acorn.] (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of marine green algæ, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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