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acorn

a·corn [ áy kàwrn ] (plural a·corns)


noun 
Definition:
 
fruit of oak: the hard fruit of an oak tree, consisting of a smooth single-seeded nut that is set in a cup-shaped base and ripens from green to brown

[ Old English æcern, perhaps < æcer "open land"; later interpreted as "oak-corn"]
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