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: the nut of the oak usually seated in or surrounded by a hard woody cupule of indurated bracts
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Each has a tag that lists its origin: acorns collected in Bergen County, New Jersey, or in the Bronx or Westchester, then sprouted at a Forest Service facility and transported here.
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Robert Sullivan, Curbed, 9 June 2025
Why Are Deer Damaging My Garden? Deer will eat whatever’s seasonally abundant and available, so their diets change throughout the year to include things such as fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, grass, acorns, and crops.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
The bears have a habit of coming into Heathrow in the fall when the acorns fall and then leave.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
Members of the Junior Ladies Garden Club of Athens came to the rescue, harvesting acorns to grow a strong replacement.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2025
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Robert Sullivan, Curbed, 9 June 2025
Why Are Deer Damaging My Garden? Deer will eat whatever’s seasonally abundant and available, so their diets change throughout the year to include things such as fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, grass, acorns, and crops.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
The bears have a habit of coming into Heathrow in the fall when the acorns fall and then leave.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
Members of the Junior Ladies Garden Club of Athens came to the rescue, harvesting acorns to grow a strong replacement.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Acorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acorn. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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