acorn

/'eikɔ:n/

Thân thiện

A squirrel holds an acorn in its paws.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The fruit of an oak tree: An acorn is a small, hard, oval nut that grows on oak trees. It consists of a smooth, thin-walled nut (the seed) partially enclosed in a rough, woody, cup-shaped base called a cupule.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Squirrels gather and store acorns for the winter.
  • An acorn fell from the tall oak tree and landed on the path.
  • The forest floor was covered with fallen acorns.

Advanced Usage

• "from little acorns mighty oaks grow": This proverb means that great things can have very small, modest beginnings.
  • He started his business from a single idea; it's a case of from little acorns mighty oaks grow.

Variants and Related Words

• Acorn cup / Cupule (n): The rough, woody, cup-shaped structure that holds the acorn nut.
  • The acorn cup remained attached to the branch after the nut fell.

Synonyms

• Oak nut: A less common, descriptive synonym for acorn.
• Mast (n): A collective term for the nuts of forest trees, such as acorns and beechnuts, that accumulate on the ground.
  • The wild boar foraged for mast in the autumn woods.

Học thuật

Noun

1. fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base