[ad. Sp. bellota acorn.] The edible acorn of a species of oak (Quercus Ballota), in Barbary, Spain and Portugal. Bellote Oak: the tree which bears it.
1866. Treas. Bot., 951/1. The acorns of Q. Ballota, and of its variety Q. Gramuntia, are eaten … under the name of Belotes.
1878. Hooker & Ball, Marocco, 268. The belloot oak … which is spread through North Africa and Spain.
