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Acorn cup

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A´corn cup
1.The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
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Noun1.Acorn cup - cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acornacorn cup - cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
acorn - fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
cup - cup-shaped plant organ


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The criss-cross markings on an acorn cup, the gloss of a conker and blood red berries against the dark green, shiny holly leaves; all these things made such a deep impression on me that they have stayed there for half a century.
Make a fairy house FLOAT off to an imaginary world where fairies drink from acorn cups and sleep on fluffy feather pillows.
net You can hear Pete Chambers on Bob Brolly's Show every fortnight from 3pm on BBC WM: Coventry & Warwickshire CAPTION(S): SYMBOL: John and Yoko with the acorn cups, from the rare catalogue they produced for the Coventry exhibition.
 
 
 
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