Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Valonia
Va-lo′ni-a
,Noun.
[It.
vallonia
, vallonea
, fr. NGr. βαλανιά
, βαλανιδιά
, the holm oak, βαλάνι
, βαλανίδι
, an acorn, Gr. βάλανος
.] 1.
The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (
Quercus macrolepis
, and Quercus vallonea
) found in Eastern Europe. It contains an abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers. 2.
[Perhaps named from its resemblance to an acorn.]
(Bot.)
A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.
Definition 2024
Valonia
valonia
valonia
English
Noun
valonia (plural valonias)
- The European evergreen oak, Quercus macrolepis, now Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, or Quercus aegilops.
- The dried acorn cups of this tree, which are used to make a black dye, used in tanning.