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gallnut
noun
A gall on a tree, caused by insects, that resembles a nut.
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I learned that the jars contained such substances as milk thistle, gallnuts, pickled wild capers, hyssop, and mahlep (a spice made of ground cherry stones).
Even the ink recipe he uses is based on a formula first set down in the Talmud: a mixture of ground charcoal, water, glue and the powder of gallnuts, which trees form when a gall wasp lays her eggs there.
Other important forestry products include camellia oil, cypress oil, gallnut extract, lichens, and various medicinal herbs.
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