valonia
/vaˈləʊnɪə
/noun
1 (also valonia oak) An evergreen oak tree native to southern Europe and western Asia.
- Quercus macrolepis, family Fagaceae.
- Besides the valonia oak, the elm, willow, cypress and tamarisk shrub abound.
- Licorice, valonia oaks, and wild olive trees grow in the southwest.
1.1The acorn cups of the valonia, which yield a black dye and are used in tanning.Other goods sent from Arcadia to Venice were meat, cheese, wool, wheat, honey, and valonia....
- 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.
Origin
Early 18th century: from Italian vallonia, based on Greek balanos 'acorn'.