Gallnut
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A gall on a tree, caused by insects, that resembles a nut.
"There was the smell of evening in the air, the smell of the fields in the country where they digged up turnips to peel them and eat them when they went out for a walk to Major Barton's, the smell there was in the little wood beyond the pavilion where the gallnuts were."
Example
More examples"There was the smell of evening in the air, the smell of the fields in the country where they digged up turnips to peel them and eat them when they went out for a walk to Major Barton's, the smell there was in the little wood beyond the pavilion where the gallnuts were."
Etymology
From gall + nut. Compare Dutch galnoot.
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