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

Dormouse :: Dormouse (n.) A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter..

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

Conferruminated :: Conferruminated (a.) Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn..

Carpintero :: Carpintero (n.) A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird..

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

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

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

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

Pannage :: Pannage (n.) The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also pawns..

Imbricated :: Imbricated (a.) Lying over each other in regular order, so as to break joints, like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in aestivation..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Acorn :: Acorn (n.) See Acorn-shell.

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