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ACORNS
Noun
acorns
plural of acorn
Anagrams
• Carson, Rascon, acrons, carons, corans, narcos, racons
Source: Wiktionary
ACORN
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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