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ACORN
acorn
(noun) fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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