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- The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
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- noun The
involucre or cup in which theacorn is fixed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
Etymologies
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acorn + cup
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