valonia
UK/vəˈləʊ.ni.ə/US/vəˈloʊ.ni.ə/
valonia noun: any member of the species Quercus macrolepis, now subspecies Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis or Quercus aegilops of European evergreen oak trees.
Noun
valonia (plural valonias)
- Any member of the species Quercus macrolepis, now subspecies Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis or Quercus aegilops of European evergreen oak trees
- Dried acorn cups of this tree, which are used to make a black dye used in tanning.
Forms of valonia
| plural | valonias |
|---|---|
| alternative form | valonia oak |
| alternative form | velani |
| alternative form | velani oak |
| alternative form | valonea |
| alternative form | valonea oak |
| alternative form | vallonea |
| alternative form | vallonea oak |
Origin of valonia
From the Venetan name Valona of the now Albanian city Vlorë around which it grows, unlike in Italy. One of the principal sources of tannin in the English-speaking world in the late 19th century, largely imported from the Ottoman Empire, with Smyrna being the main trading centre for it, whence to Trieste it passed the first time in 1842 to reach the Austro-Hungarian leather industry and become popular in Germany only by the 1880s.
Words that rhyme with valonia
- Poseidonia
- Livonia
- macedonia
- Franconia
- Laconia
- Sidonia
- Usonia
- Wallonia
- Catalonia
- sinfonia
- Slavonia
- ammonia
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- Babylonia
- Cydonia
- Freedonia
- harmonia
- Patagonia
- wellingtonia
- abronia
- adansonia
- Ambazonia
- Aonia
- aphonia
- asonia
- Assyro-Babylonia
- Avalonia
- begonia
- caustic ammonia
- claytonia
- Dumnonia
- dysphonia
- Estonia
- gonia
- gordonia
- heliconia
- houstonia
- Kydonia
- Lycaonia
- Maeonia
- Magonia
- Paeonia
- Pannonia
- pavonia
- Polonia
- polyphonia
- Savonia
- Selonia
- Snowdonia
- Sophronia
- tithonia
- Tsakonia
- washingtonia
- watsonia
Questions about valonia
- What does valonia mean?
- Valonia means any member of the species Quercus macrolepis, now subspecies Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis or Quercus aegilops of European evergreen oak trees.
- What part of speech is valonia?
- Valonia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce valonia?
- Valonia is pronounced /vəˈləʊ.ni.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of valonia?
- The plural of valonia is valonias.
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