"gallnut" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gallnuts [plural]
Etymology: From gall + nut. Compare Dutch galnoot. Etymology templates: {{com|en|gall|nut}} gall + nut, {{cog|nl|galnoot}} Dutch galnoot Head templates: {{en-noun}} gallnut (plural gallnuts)
  1. A gall on a tree, caused by insects, that resembles a nut. Synonyms: gallapple, nutgall Derived forms: gall-nut ink Translations (a gall on a tree that resembles a nut): noix de galle (French), chêne (French), Gallapfel (German), noce di galla [feminine] (Italian), galla nuciforme (Italian), galla [feminine] (Latin), مازو (mazu, mazı) (Ottoman Turkish), galha (Portuguese), bugalho (Portuguese), nuez de agallas (Spanish), gallarita (Spanish)

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