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ACORN CUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acorn cup mean?
• ACORN CUP (noun)
The noun ACORN CUP has 1 sense:
1. cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
Familiarity information: ACORN CUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
acorn cup; cupule
Hypernyms ("acorn cup" is a kind of...):
cup (cup-shaped plant organ)
Holonyms ("acorn cup" is a part of...):
acorn (fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base)
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