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Keywords: Oak, Jacobean, Nut, Cupule, Bedposts
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
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The fruit of an oak; A one-seed nut fixed in a woody cup.
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A turning that resembles the acorn (fruit of the oak tree). It was used as a finial, drop pendant, or furniture foot in the Jacobean furniture of early 17th Century England.
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Fruit of the species of Quercus, i.e., a nut associated with a variously scaly cupule. Example 1, Example 2, Example 3, Example 4
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fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
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an oak at a certain age
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an oak but it's not the adult form
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an oak just as a mature oak tree is an oak, both are oaks but they are at different stages of development
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a nut destined to become a mighty oak tree
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a nut that has a little cap-looking structure on the top
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a true nut, basically a single-seeded fruit surrounded by a hard shell
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The nutlike fruit of oaks.
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The ornamental work on table legs, bedposts, and chairs. The term is most commonly applied to Jacobean furniture.
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Fruit from an oak tree (nut).
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All species of oak produce edible acorns, but those...
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a type of nut that is poisonous to horses in large amounts
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Nut of the oak tree; an Apache cooking staple.
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the fruit of an oak, not including the cup or peduncle. The nut of an oak.
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The fruit of oaks, a thick walled nut with a woody cup-like base.
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Dreaming of acorns predicts pleasant things & that much gain is to be expected. For a woman to dream of eating acorns denotes that she will rise to a position of ease & pleasure. To dream of shaking acorns from a tree means that you will rapidly attain your wishes in business or love.
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The nutlike fruit of Oak's.
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An acorn-shaped wood turned ornament common in Jacobean furniture as finials on chair and bedposts, as pendants and profiles of table leg turnings.
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Turned ornament resembling an acorn; common in Jacobean furniture as finials on chair posts and bedposts, as pendants and as the profile of leg turnings in Jacobean tables.
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Fruit of the oak tree. This nut may be eaten raw, roasted, or baked. It can be chopped to the size of coffee beans, roasted until brown, ground, mixed with a small amount of butter, and prepared as a coffee substitute.
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type of fruit associated with Oaks (Quercus spp.) that is a nut partially or fully surrounded by a cup-like structure
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The acorn is the fruit of the oak tree (genera Quercus, Lithocarpus and Cyclobalanopsis, in the family Fagaceae). It is a nut, containing a single seed (rarely two seeds), 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.
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