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Meanings of acorn (acorns) in English

Russian
желудь
Portuguese
bolota
Spanish
bellota
Catalan
aglà
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Fruit/nut of the oak tree.

        желудь

        Geodemographic information system categorising some United Kingdom postcodes.

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              Usage of acorns in English
              1
              The happiest creatures in the world are the rooks at the acorns.
              The Life of the Fields
              2
              The tree goes on, but any number of acorns may be affected.
              The Irish Times
              3
              But crows widely feed on acorns -and cache thousands of them.
              The Irish Times
              4
              The acorns of the different varieties, too, differ in size and shape.
              Among the Trees at Elmridge
              5
              Near the grave, he found an oak and brought home some acorns.
              The Irish Times
              6
              And Circe shut them in sties, and gave them acorns to eat.
              The Story of the Odyssey
              7
              Retirement without the city-would have been bookless and have fed on acorns.
              Cowper
              8
              If it hasn't produced acorns, he is stymied for the time being.
              The Irish Times
              9
              The acorns were the doctrine of human liberty, everywhere preached by Anglo-Saxons.
              Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem. A Novel
              10
              Here was the oak under which Cornelia and he had gathered acorns.
              A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
              11
              The path along which they walked was already littered with green acorns.
              The Inside of the Cup — Volume 05
              12
              These holes were made for the purpose of grinding acorns or nuts.
              The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
              13
              They did not like acorns so they never opened the store-house doors.
              Bunny Rabbit's Diary
              14
              When he turned one way he could smell the acorns quite plainly.
              Squinty the Comical Pig: His Many Adventures
              15
              And how about a Ford as first and only prize for acorns?
              East of eden
              16
              We know that pigeons will gorge on acorns, but the other two?
              The Irish Times
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              Portuguese
              bolota
              Acorns through the time
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