Definitions for: Acorn


[n] fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base



Webster (1913) Definition: A"corn, n. [AS. [ae]cern, fr. [ae]cer 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.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the
spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

3. (Zo["o]l.) See Acorn-shell.

See Also: acorn cup, cupule, fruit, oak, oak tree

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