ˈquernal, a. rare.
[f. L. quern-us, f. quercus oak + -al1.]
† 1. Made of oak-leaves; oaken. Obs. rare—1.
| 1599 Thynne Animadv. (1875) 49 The Quernall crowne gyven to those whiche had saued a cytyzen. |
2. Bot. quernal alliance, Lindley's name for his ‘alliance’ of diclinous exogens, containing the orders Corylaceæ and Juglandaceæ.
| 1846 Lindley Veget. Kingd. 289 If it were not for the minute embryo..it might take its place in the Quernal Alliance. |