nut-gall

  • 1nut|gall — «NUHT GL», noun. a lump or ball that swells up, especially on an oak tree, where the tree has been injured by an insect; any one of various galls resembling a nut …

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  • 2nut-gall — /ˈnʌt gɔl/ (say nut gawl) noun 1. a nut like gall or excrescence, especially one formed on an oak. 2. → Aleppo gall …

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  • 4Gall — For other uses, see Gall (disambiguation). Kalanchoë infected with crown gall using Agrobacterium tumefaciens …

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  • 5gall-nut — n. Nut gall, gall …

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  • 6gall|nut — «GL NUHT», noun. a nutlike gall on plants, especially on oaks …

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  • 7gall — 1) , «a (L). A gall nut 2) , in, o, «us (L). A chicken, cock …

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  • 8gall — I. n. 1. (Anat.) Bile. 2. Bitterness, rancor, acerbity, spite, malice, maliciousness, malignity. 3. Nutgall, gall nut. II. v. a. 1. Chafe, fret, excoriate, hurt by rubbing. 2. Provoke, vex, irritate, tease, exasperate, ince …

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  • 9Red-pea gall — Mature gall on a Pedunculate Oak leaf Scientific classification Domain …

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  • 10Aleppo gall — /əˈlɛpoʊ gɔl/ (say uh lepoh gawl) noun the gall of the oak tree, rich in tannin; nut gall. {from Aleppo, a city in NW Syria} …