About The Word Acorn
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Acorn
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What's The Definition Of Acorn?
[n] fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
Synonyms | Synonyms for Acorn: Related Terms | Find terms related to Acorn: See Also | acorn cup | cupule | fruit | oak | oak tree Acorn In Webster's Dictionary \A"corn\, n. [AS. [ae]cern, fr. [ae]cer field, acre; akin
to D. aker acorn, Ger. ecker, Icel. akarn, Dan. agern, Goth.
akran fruit, akrs field; -- orig. fruit of the field. See
{Acre}.]
1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody
cup or cupule.
2. (Naut.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the
spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
3. (Zo["o]l.) See {Acorn-shell}.
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