n. a geographical and administrative region of northeastern Spain. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. gonfalonier: cf. It. gonfaloniere. ] He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer; as: (a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church. (b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediæveal Italy. (c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a dicarboxylic acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Thessalonica. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. vallonia, vallonea, fr. NGr. balania`, balanidia`, the holm oak, bala`ni, balani`di, an acorn, Gr. ba`lanos. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Quercus vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains an abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Perhaps named from its resemblance to an acorn. ] (Bot.) A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length. [ 1913 Webster ]