(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:40:32

Knop"pern (?), n. [Cf. G. knopper. See Knop.] Zool.

A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning and dyeing.

 

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