ACORN

Acorn

The acorn, or oak nut, is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives . It usually contains a single seed, enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule. Acorns vary from 1–6 cm long and 0.8–4 cm broad. Acorns take between about 6 and 24 months to mature; see List of Quercus species for details of oak classification, in which acorn morphology and phenology are important factors.

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ACORN

ACORN is a geodemographic information system categorising some United Kingdom postcodes into various types based upon census data and other information such as lifestyle surveys.

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acorn

Noun

  1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
  2. A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
  3. See acorn-shell.


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