Definition of Gallnut. Meaning of Gallnut. Synonyms of Gallnut

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Definition of Gallnut

Gallnut
Gallnut Gall"nut`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall.

Meaning of Gallnut from wikipedia

- ointments, in dyeing, and in leather tanning. The Talmud records using gallnuts as part of the tanning process as well as a dye-base for ink. Medieval...
- Iron gall ink (also known as common ink, standard ink, oak gall ink or iron gall nut ink) is a purple-black or brown-black ink made from iron salts and...
- dried, and then stored. When one desires to write with it, one soaks it in gallnut juice or the like and writes with it. Thus, if one attempts to rub it out...
- gold sols (colloids) used as markers in Immunocytochemistry. Nowadays, gallnut extracts are also widely used in pharmaceuticals, food and feed additives...
- formula C6H2(OH)3CO2H. It is classified as a phenolic acid. It is found in gallnuts, sumac, witch hazel, tea leaves, oak bark, and other plants. It is a white...
- city. Stealing three magic gallnuts or acorns before climbing out of the tower with a rope ladder, Petrosinella uses the gallnuts as a distraction by throwing...
- (made by treating iron with sulfuric acid), were mixed with tannin from gallnuts (they grow on trees) and a thickener. When first put to paper, this ink...
- measure, and plaster thereon the gallnuts, over its two sides, and sprinkle a little water over them, and they put more gallnuts on that side of the leather...
- soak in a bath solution containing vegetable tannins, such as found in gallnuts, the leaves of sumac, the leaves of certain acacia trees, the outer green...
- most frequently black or dark brown, and was made from gum arabic, soot, gallnuts, or vitriol. Some Qurans, however, are written entirely in gold, and more...