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The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

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  1. n. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
  2. n. A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
  3. n. See Acorn-shell.
  4. n. fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
  5. 1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. 2. (Naut.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. 3. (Zoöl.) See Acorn-shell.
  6. A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle abovethe vane, on the mast-head.
  7. n:100 n. fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base