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词汇 valonia
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Definition of valonia in English:

valonia

noun vaˈləʊnɪəvəˈloʊniə
  • 1An evergreen oak tree native to southern Europe and western Asia.

    大鳞栎。参见ALEPPO GALL

    Quercus macrolepis, family Fagaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Licorice, valonia oaks, and wild olive trees grow in the southwest.
    • The original forest vegetation of the area consisted mainly of woodland of valonia oak.
    • We are glad of the green valonia oaks that spread their shade over us, and of the blossoming haw-thorns that scatter their flower-snow on the hill-side.
    • Besides the valonia oak, the elm, willow, cypress and tamarisk shrub abound.
    • The ruins are now completely overgrown with shrubbery and valonia oaks.
    1. 1.1 The acorn cups of the valonia, which yield a black dye and are used in tanning.
      榭斗,壳斗(制黑色染料和鞣料)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Its main exports in the nineteenth century were raisins, cotton, dried fruit, figs, madder, valonia and opium, with cereals, sponges, olive oil and tobacco also being exported.
      • Other goods sent from Arcadia to Venice were meat, cheese, wool, wheat, honey, and valonia.
      • The islands furnish valonia for tanning.
      • Gathering the yellow seeds, valonias, and gallnuts in the fall, the weaving woman's husband could fill in a good share of his year, and, if he was saving, add a pretty penny to her earnings.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Italian vallonia, based on Greek balanos 'acorn'.

Rhymes

Amazonia, ammonia, Antonia, Babylonia, begonia, bonier, Catalonia, catatonia, Cephalonia, Estonia, Ionia, Laconia, Livonia, Macedonia, mahonia, Patagonia, pneumonia, pogonia, Rondônia, sinfonia, Snowdonia, zirconia

Definition of valonia in US English:

valonia

nounvəˈloʊniəvəˈlōnēə
  • 1An evergreen oak tree native to southern Europe and western Asia.

    大鳞栎。参见ALEPPO GALL

    Quercus macrolepis, family Fagaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ruins are now completely overgrown with shrubbery and valonia oaks.
    • We are glad of the green valonia oaks that spread their shade over us, and of the blossoming haw-thorns that scatter their flower-snow on the hill-side.
    • Licorice, valonia oaks, and wild olive trees grow in the southwest.
    • Besides the valonia oak, the elm, willow, cypress and tamarisk shrub abound.
    • The original forest vegetation of the area consisted mainly of woodland of valonia oak.
    1. 1.1 The acorn cups of the valonia oak, which yield a black dye and are used in tanning.
      榭斗,壳斗(制黑色染料和鞣料)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The islands furnish valonia for tanning.
      • Its main exports in the nineteenth century were raisins, cotton, dried fruit, figs, madder, valonia and opium, with cereals, sponges, olive oil and tobacco also being exported.
      • Gathering the yellow seeds, valonias, and gallnuts in the fall, the weaving woman's husband could fill in a good share of his year, and, if he was saving, add a pretty penny to her earnings.
      • Other goods sent from Arcadia to Venice were meat, cheese, wool, wheat, honey, and valonia.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Italian vallonia, based on Greek balanos ‘acorn’.

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