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Acorn (Quercus fruit)

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Photo by LarsKorb
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HemaShah
A seed or nut of an oak tree is called an acorn in English because that is the name that has come down to us over the past thousand or so years. Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_acorns_not_oak_nuts_or_why_are_oak_trees_not_acorn_trees#ixzz1kMhLYyFZ
LarsKorb
Added to mission "Fruiting Bodies of the World" Feel free to join!
LarsKorb
There is none - Acorn is the common name as far as I know. Oak nut describes it biologicly correct.
AlexKonig
lars where was the differents between acorn and oak nut? had i describe my oak nut wrong? will check if you had time to reply , when i come back, it was raining yesterday, go looking what has popped up!

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PublishedSeptember 18, 2011

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