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nutgall

nutgall noun: a kind of gall on a tree formed in response to damage or parasite, with a nut-like shape.

Noun

nutgall (plural nutgalls)

  1. A kind of gall on a tree formed in response to damage or parasite, with a nut-like shape.
    • In two pints of water boil one ounce of tan, and a like portion of nutgall till reduced to a pint.1848, John Hannett, Bibliopegia, or, The Art of Bookbinding in all its branches, page 65
    Synonyms:
    gallnut

nutgall meaning in Tamil

nutgall in Tamil

பாசிக்காய்

Synonyms of nutgall

Forms of nutgall

pluralnutgalls

Origin of nutgall

From nut + gall.

Questions about nutgall

What does nutgall mean?
Nutgall means a kind of gall on a tree formed in response to damage or parasite, with a nut-like shape.
What is nutgall in Tamil?
Nutgall in Tamil is பாசிக்காய். See Nutgall meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nutgall?
Nutgall is a noun.
What is the plural of nutgall?
The plural of nutgall is nutgalls.

Words near nutgall in the dictionary

  1. nutfall
  2. nutfalls
  3. nutfarm
  4. nutfarms
  5. Nutfield
  6. nutgall
  7. nutgalls
  8. nutgraf
  9. nutgrafs
  10. nutgrass
  11. nutgrasses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nutgall (page history and authors); nutgall (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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