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Cup :: Cup (n.) Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower..

Angiocarpous :: Angiocarpous (a.) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule..

Balaniferous :: Balaniferous (a.) Bearing or producing acorns.

Knoppern :: Knoppern (n.) A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning and dyeing..

Mast :: Mast (n.) The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns..

Balanoid :: Balanoid (a.) Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle..

Cupule :: Cupule (n.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc..

Sea Acorn :: Sea acorn () An acorn barnacle (Balanus).

Quercite :: Quercite (n.) A white crystalline substance, C6H7(OH)5, found in acorns, the fruit of the oak (Quercus). It has a sweet taste, and is regarded as a pentacid alcohol..

Acorn :: Acorn (n.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head..

Acorn-shell :: Acorn-shell (n.) One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.

Masty :: Masty (a.) Full of mast; abounding in acorns, etc..

Acorn :: Acorn (n.) The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule..

Glans :: Glans (n.) The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.

Indehiscent :: Indehiscent (a.) Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut..

Glandiferous :: Glandiferous (a.) Bearing acorns or other nuts; as, glandiferous trees..

Acorn Cup :: Acorn cup () The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.

Acorned :: Acorned (a.) Furnished or loaded with acorns.

Acorned :: Acorned (a.) Fed or filled with acorns.

Racahout :: Racahout (n.) A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids..

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