acorn
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[edit] Etymology
From Old English æcern, from æcer (“‘field, acre’”); akin to Dutch aker acorn, German ecker, Icelandic akarn, Danish agern, Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran) "fruit", 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 (akrs) "field"; — originally "fruit of the field". See acre
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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.
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fruit of the oak tree
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