n.
Pronunciation: ' ā - ˌ ko ̇ rn, -k ə rn
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English akern, from Old English æcern; akin to Middle High German ackeran acorns 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
acorn