ACORN

n.,?rn. A.-S., œæcern, œceren. Goth., akarn. [A, 302.] Gr., éôiv. Lat., glans. Fr., gland. Ger., Eichel, It., ghianda. Sp., bellota. The nut of the oak-tree; conoidal in shape, covered with a brown, smooth, coriaceous envelope, and imbedded below in a scaly cupule. It has but one cell and one seed. It contains the bitter principle of the bark (quercin), tannic acid, and a peculiar sugar called quercite. A’s have been used as food and as medicine. |B, 5.]—A. coffee. Fr., café de gland. An infusion of a's, with lemon and orange peel; used in the diarrhcea of children. [A; 816.]—Jupiter’s a. The fruit of Fagus castanea. [A. 316.]-— Oily a. The fruit of Gui land in a moringa. on 316.|—Sard in i an a. The chestnut, [A, 316.]—Sweet a. The fruit of Quercus ballot a. [A, 252.]