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单词 oak apple
释义

oak apple


noun

oak gall.

Origin of oak apple

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Words nearby oak apple

oaf, oafish, O agglutinin, Oahu, oak, oak apple, Oak-apple Day, Oak Creek, Oakdale, oaked, oaken
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Example sentences from the Web for oak apple

  • Take as an example C. quercus, which produces the spongy excrescence well known as the common Oak-apple.

    Omphalos|Philip Henry Gosse
  • The most probable opinion is that intelligence is an excrescence, like an oak-apple.

    Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas|Remy de Gourmont
  • Oak-Apple Day, I fear, will never again become a general holiday.

    Holidays & Happy-Days|Hamish Hendry

British Dictionary definitions for oak apple

oak apple

oak gall


noun

any of various brownish round galls on oak trees, containing the larva of certain wasps
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