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Definition: Valonia
Valonia
\Va*lo"ni*a\, n. [It. vallonia, vallonea, fr. NGr.
balania`, balanidia`, the holm oak, bala`ni, balani`di, an
acorn, Gr. ba`lanos.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (
Quercus macrolepis,
and
Quercus vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It
contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners
and dyers.
[1913 Webster]
2. [Perhaps named from its resemblance to an acorn.] (Bot.) A
genus of marine green alg[ae], in which the whole frond
consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an
inch in length.
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