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What is the noun for acorns?

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acorn
  1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
  2. (nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
  3. (zoology) See acorn-shell.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “However, only terrestrial species have been tested, such as barn swallows, tree swallows, dunnocks, alpine accentors, and acorn woodpeckers.”
      “Naturally, that persistent little squirrel is still driving himself nuts in pursuit of an elusive acorn.”
      “Make this very colorful main dish with any type of winter squash such as butternut, cushaw, kabocha, acorn, delicata or hubbard.”
acorns
  1. plural of acorn
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In fall and winter they feed principally on acorns, other nuts, seeds, and fruits.”
      “The value of acorns as fodder and the tree as timber was significant in the agrarian economy.”
      “Imagine a sturdy, bountiful oak tree producing acorns that will germinate successive oak trees.”
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