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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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