spec. The fruit or seed of the oak tree, a smooth-shelled oval nut growing in a shallow woody cup.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > acorn or cup of an acorn (6) acorneOE spec. The fruit or seed of the oak tree, a smooth-shelled oval nut growing in a shallow woody cup. acorn cup1544 the rough cup-shaped involucre in which the acorn grows. gland1631 An acorn. Obsolete exc. (occasionally) Botany = glans, n. 2. pignut1711 An acorn. Obsolete. wrapper1718 Botany. (See quots.) Obsolete. thimble1873 Applied (usually in plural) to certain flowers and plants, or parts of them, e.g. (a) the Foxglove, also known as Fairy or Witches' Thimbles; (b)… |
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