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Definition of Nutgall
1. n. A more or less round gall resembling a nut, esp. one of those produced on the oak and used in the arts. See Gall, Gallnut.
Definition of Nutgall
1. Noun. An enlarged growth on a tree formed in response to damage or parasite. Sometimes called just a gall. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nutgall
1. a gallnut [n -S] - See also: gallnut
Medical Definition of Nutgall
1. An excrescence on the oak, Quercus infectoria (family Fagaceae) and other species of Quercus, caused by the deposit of the ova of a fly, Cynips gallae tinctorae; an astringent and styptic, by virtue of the tannin it contains. Synonym: gall, galla, oak apple. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nutgall
Literary usage of Nutgall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Materia Medica and Therapeutics, for Physicians and Students by John Barclay Biddle (1886)
"nutgall is an EXCRESCENCE found upon Quercus lusitanica. •var. infectoria, the
Gall Oak (Nat. ... nutgall."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"... and in some respects to the woodpeckers, the last of which it also resembles
in some of its habits. nutgall. See GALLS. NUTHATCH, a sub-family of ..."
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