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glans.

an acorn, nut; any acorn-shaped fruit; a beechnut, chestnut

5 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈɡɫãːs]Classical-Latin[ˈɡlans]

  1. an acorn, nut; any acorn-shaped fruit; a beechnut, chestnut

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  2. an acorn-shaped ball of lead or clay, hurled at the enemy

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  3. a bullet

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  4. the glans penis

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- Proto-Italic *glānts Latin glans From Proto-Italic *glānts, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”).

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