| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| valonia |
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| SYLLABICATION: | va·lo·ni·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v -l  n -, -lny |
| NOUN: | The dried acorn cups of an oak tree (Quercus aegilops) of the eastern Mediterranean, used chiefly in tanning and dyeing. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian vallonia, from Modern Greek balania, pl. of balani, acorn, from Greek balanos.
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