gallnut

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gallnut

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From gall + nut. Compare Dutch galnoot.

noun gallnuts

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.
Similar: gallapple, nutgall

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noun a gall on a tree that resembles a nut

Español	nuez de agallas, gallarita
Português	galha, bugalho
Français	noix de galle, chêne
Deutsch	Gallapfel
Italiano	noce di galla, galla nuciforme

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@misc{gallnut_2026,
  title = {gallnut},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gallnut},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}