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Meanings of first acorn in English

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Usage of first acorn in English
1
The first acorn had wrapped up in it all the oak forests on the globe.
Architects of Fate; Or, Steps to Success and Power
2
All high poetry is infinite; it is as the first acorn, which contained all oaks potentially.
A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays
3
And again, All high Poetry is infinite; it is as the first acorn, which contained all oaks potentially.
The Pleasures of Life
4
Mark my words, my friends: Tom was here before the river and the trees; Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn.
The fellowship of the ring
5
It takes an oak tree 40 or 50 years to let fall its first acorns.
The Guardian
6
Whence came the first stones, the first trees, the first lions, the first elephants, the first ants, the first acorns?
Good Sense
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