| Valonia (valonia) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Va*lo"ni*a |
| [It. vallonia,
vallonea, fr. NGr. balania`, balanidia`, the
holm oak, bala`ni, balani`di, an acorn, Gr.
ba`lanos.]
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The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus
macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It
contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and
dyers.
A genus of marine green algæ, in which the whole
frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in
length.
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