acorn

Noun

Meaning

The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

See Acorn-shell.

Source: Webster's dictionary

partridge filbert pip agate hickory acheron walnut pineal pecan meadowlark beechnut pigment cone gland nut

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hazel nadir copper saddle mustard peanut

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fruit

acron Carno caron coran Corna narco racon Ronca

You must remember that an oak tree is not a crime against the acorn. David Zindell

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. Ralph Waldo Emerson

What is a human being, then?" ... "A seed." "A ... seed?" "An acorn that is unafraid to destroy itself in growing into a tree. David Zindell

Even a blind pig finds an acorn every once in awhile. Russian Proverb

To the lean pig a fat acorn. Portuguese Proverb

The worst pig eats the best acorn. Portuguese Proverb