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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A round spongy gall on an oak leaf or twig, caused by the larvae of certain gall wasps.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Australia, a cone of any one of several species of Casuarina, or she-oak, especially C. stricta. The young cones and foliage have an acid taste when chewed, and afford great relief in cases of thirst. See she-oak and Casuarina.
  • noun An oak-gall. See gal.

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  • noun Oak gall.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun oak gall caused by larvae of a cynipid wasp

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