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Definition of Acorn
1. Noun. Fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base.
Definition of Acorn
1. n. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
Definition of Acorn
1. Noun. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. ¹
3. Noun. (context: zoology) See ''acorn-shell''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acorn
1. the fruit of the oak tree [n -S] : ACORNED [adj]
Medical Definition of Acorn
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Acorn
Literary usage of Acorn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Banks of rivers in mountainous regions. Penn. to Flor. W. to Miss. June.— A tree
40—50 feet high, with numerous irregular branches. acorn small, nearly ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1886)
"acorn Cocoa in Infantile Diarrhoea.—Mr. FW Eisner speaks very highly of the ...
acorn cocoa is a preparation of ordinary cocoa powdered and freed from fat, ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1882)
"THE acorn-STORING HABIT OF THE CALIFORNIA WOODPECKER. BY ROBERT EC STEARNS.
THE acorn-storing habit of the Californian woodpecker (Mel- ..."
4. Studies in Reading by James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin (1912)
"The author, seeing a pebble and an acorn lying by the roadside, doubtless, ...
Far beyond pebble and acorn, she saw two types of human beings, ..."
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