ACORN

acorn

(noun) fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

acorn (plural acorns)

The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

(zoology) See acorn-shell.

(slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.

Holonyms

• (fruit of an oak): oak

Anagrams

• Carno, Coran, Corna, acron, caron, coran, narco, narco-, racon

Source: Wiktionary

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A"corn, n. Etym: [AS. æcern, fr. æcer 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.)

Definition: A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: See Acorn-shell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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