Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - acorn
Acorn
acorn
n. the fruit of the oak, with a smooth nut in a rough cuplike base. Phrases and idioms acorn barnacle a multivalve marine cirriped, Balanus balanoides, living on rocks. acorn worm any marine wormlike animal of the phylum Hemichordata, having a proboscis and gill slits, and inhabiting seashores. Etymology: OE {aelig}cern, rel. to {aelig}cer ACRE, later assoc. with OAK and CORN(1)
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noun Etymology: Middle English akern, from Old English æcern; akin to Middle High German ackeran ~s collectively, Old Irish áirne sloe, Lithuanian uoga berry Date: before 12th century the nut of the oak usually seated in or surrounded by a hard woody cupule of indurated bracts ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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