Acorn

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title: Acorn
text: The acorn, or oaknut, is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives. It usually contains a seedling surrounded by two cotyledons, enclosed in a tough shell known as the pericarp, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule. Acorns are 1–6 cm (1⁄2–2+1⁄2 in) long and 0.8–4 cm (3⁄8–1+5⁄8 in) on the fat side. Acorns take between 5 and 24 months to mature; see the list of Quercus species for details of oak classification, in which acorn morphology and phenology are important factors.
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description: Nut of the oak tree
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn
date created: 2004-08-23T12:45:08Z
date modified: 2024-09-04T10:55:59Z
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