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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•corn /ˈeɪkɔrn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologythe nut of an oak tree.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•corn (ā′kôrn, ā′kərn),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Furniturea finial or knop, as on a piece of furniture, in the form of an acorn.
- Gmc *akrana-; alleged derivation from base of acre is dubious if original reference was to wild trees
- bef. 1000; Middle English acorne (influenced by corn), replacing akern, Old English æcern, æcren mast, oak-mast; cognate with Old Norse akarn fruit of wild trees, Middle High German ackeran acorn, Gothic akran fruit, yield
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