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aleppo gall

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.11 in modern English

Syllables
alep-po -gall
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The gall produced by the leaves of the Aleppo oak, Quercus infectoria, in response to the larvae of a species of gall wasp, Cynips quercusfolii, and which has been harvested for thousands of years as a concentrated source of tannins for use in high-quality inks, in medicine, etc.

Inflected Forms

Aleppo galls (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

gallnut

Questions

What does aleppo gall mean?
The gall produced by the leaves of the Aleppo oak, Quercus infectoria, in response to the larvae of a species of gall wasp, Cynips quercusfolii, and which has been harvested for thousands of years as a concentrated source of tannins for use in high-quality inks, in medicine, etc.

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