acorn cap
Oak seed top
The acorn cap is the cup-shaped top of an acorn, the rough little hat that covers the nut where it attaches to the oak tree.
Children collect them for crafts or use them as tiny vessels.
Also called an acorn cup or cupule.
- cupuleCup-shaped botanical holder
- oakQuercus genus member
- oak treeLarge deciduous hardwood
- nutHard-shelled seed
- squirrelBushy-tailed tree rodent
autumn · fall harvest · forest · forest floor · hat · beret · woody · fall · harvest · tannin · gather · forage · woodland · tiny · thimble · lid · rough · textured
- microhabitatsmicrohabitat, tree hollows, tide pool, rock crevices, leaf litter
- oakswhite oak, English oak, red oak, black oak, live oak
- pointed thingsspike, needle point, knife point, spear point, arrow
- seed headsdandelion puff, milkweed pod, sunflower head, cattail, poppy pod
- bursbur, burr, burs, burrs, burdock
- seed coveringsseed coat, testa, hull, husk, pericarp