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acorn

acorn \'a--.ko.(*)rn, -k*rn\ n [ME akern, fr. OE cern; akin to MHG 
   ackeran acorns c]ollectively, Russ yagoda berry : the nut of the oak usu. 
   seated in or surrounded by a hard woody cupule o f indurated bracts