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Acorn Green — was a children s comic book series in the mid 1980s based around a community of woodland creatures, all of whom had different jobs to play in the wood, for instance police officer, nurse, firefighter and postman.HistoryAcorn Green first appeared… … Wikipedia
Acorn Park — is a park in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland that features an acorn shaped gazebo and an artificial grotto. The site is thought to be the location of the mica flecked spring that inspired Francis Preston Blair to name his estate Silver Spring.… … Wikipedia
acorn squash — ☆ acorn squash n. a kind of winter squash, acorn shaped with ridged, dark green skin and sweet, yellow flesh … English World dictionary
Acorn worm — Taxobox name = Enteropneusta regnum = Animalia phylum = Hemichordata classis = Enteropneusta subdivision ranks = Families subdivision = Harrimaniidae Protoglossidae Ptychoderidae Saxipendiidae Spengelidae Torquaratoridae The Acorn worms or… … Wikipedia
acorn worm — any of several burrowing, often brilliantly colored hemichordates of the class Enteropneusta, usually found in intertidal sand and mud, having an acorn shaped proboscis and collar. Also, acornworm. [1885 90] * * * ▪ hemichordate also called… … Universalium
acorn squash — noun Date: 1937 an acorn shaped dark green winter squash (Cucurbita pepo) with a ridged surface and mildly sweet yellow to orange flesh … New Collegiate Dictionary
acorn worm — noun Date: circa 1889 any of a class (Enteropneusta) of burrowing wormlike marine animals having an acorn shaped proboscis and classified with the hemichordates … New Collegiate Dictionary
acorn chair — Eng. Furniture. a Jacobean chair having a crossrail with acorn shaped pendants. * * * … Universalium
acorn squash — an acorn shaped variety of winter squash, growing to 18 in. (46 cm) long and 14 in. (36 cm) in diameter, having a dark green to orange yellow skin and yellow to orange flesh. [1935 40] * * * … Universalium
acorn worm — a′corn worm n. ivt any wormlike marine animal of the phylum Hemichordata, having gill slits and an acorn shaped proboscis and collar … From formal English to slang
