nutgall

Etymology

From nut + gall.

nutgall means A kind of gall on a tree formed in response to damage or parasite, with a nut-like shape. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

A kind of gall on a tree formed in response to damage or parasite, with a nut-like shape.“In two pints of water boil one ounce of tan, and a like portion of nutgall till reduced to a pint.”