acorn
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- noun
- /ˈeɪkɔrn/
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bellota
- Next, Katie found five acorns hiding under a blanket of leaves.
- oak acorns
- tree with acorns
- acorn production
It is not like the acorn growing into an oak.
- It is not like the acorn growing into an oak.
- They develop new rituals, you know, of planting acorns to by the the ashes of of the dead to remember them.
- Well, every single one of those acorns is potentially A magnificent oak tree, but almost none of them become oak trees, right?
- But if you plant that acorn in a shallow bucket, it will never reach its potential as an oak tree, even though the potential is within it.
- No bro out of there's like the acorn, the Cody fill in on the acorn situation.
Examples
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Around them were wild strawberries, blue flowers, acorns, and the pale growth of late summer.
Fiction book (1996) -
The children enjoyed playing with the acorns they found while hiking in the forest.
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This acorn is for emergency use only.
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Mr. Reynolds, this is the acorn that will grow a great oak.
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And the ground was kind of just covered with acorns under this tree.
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Well, every single one of those acorns is potentially A magnificent oak tree, but almost none of them become oak trees, right?
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As oak trees take root farther north, more acorns, a bear favorite, will be available in northern Minnesota.
Academic text (2011) -
Wylie brought more leaves and found roots and acorns we could eat and that I could keep down.
Fiction book (2000) -
The squirrel collected acorns to store for the winter.
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As autumn approached, the ground beneath the oak tree was littered with acorns.
Compounds
- Archaic
A small vacuum tube shaped like an acorn used for high-frequency radio signals
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Etymology
Acorn comes from the Old English word æcern, which meant 'fruit' or 'seed'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of an acorn as the oak tree's little 'corn' or grain, and it is the seed that can grow into a new oak.