ACORN


Meaning of ACORN in English

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)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.