Pinecone vs. Acorn

Pineconenoun

The seed-bearing conical fruit of a pine tree.

Pineconenoun

the seed-producing cone of a pine tree

Acornnoun

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

Acornnoun

(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

Acornnoun

(zoology) See acorn-shell.

Acornnoun

A testicle.

Acornnoun

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

Acornnoun

A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

Acornnoun

See Acorn-shell.

Acornnoun

fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base

Acorn

The acorn, or oaknut, is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera Quercus and Lithocarpus, in the family Fagaceae). It usually contains one seed (occasionally two seeds), enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule.