ACORN    橡子

The FRUIT or seed of the oak-tree; an oval nut growing in a shallow woody cup or cupule.
Old Chinese Criteria
[COMMON/RARE] [DIALECT/STANDARD] 1. The standard word for the edible acorn is shù 杼. [STANDARD] 2. Xiàng 橡 is probably a dialect word, and can refer to acorns. [DIALECT]; [[RARE]] 3. Zhù 芧 is probably a dialect word, and can refer to acorns [DIALECT]; [[RARE]]
Modern Chinese Criteria
橡子 橡實 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
    Hypernym
    • FRUIT　RIPE SEED ON PLANT or TREE, TYPICALLY HARVESTED by HUMANS FOR EATING. (anc: 3/0, child: 9)
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
    Other Hypernyms
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
    • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 8.66

    • Words (3 items)

    芧  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 3 Attributions

    Xù 芧 is probably a dialect word, and can refer to acorns [DIALECT]; [[RARE]]

      Syntactic words
    • nacorn
    杼  shù OC: ɢljaʔ MC: ʑi̯ɤ 3 Attributions

    The standard word for the edible acorn is shù 杼. [STANDARD]

      Syntactic words
    • nacorn [not to be confused with zhù 杼"shuttle".]
    橡  xiàng OC: sɢlaŋʔ MC: zi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution

    Xiàng 橡 is probably a dialect word, and can refer to acorns. [DIALECT]; [[RARE]]

      Syntactic words
    • nacorn