Acorn Set To Become Start Of Tree

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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: ANCESTOR

Updated: October 14, 2023

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noun • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
	29%	7		Fruit of this tree is an acorn
noun • medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork
	29%	7		Fruit of this tree is an acorn
noun • a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets • small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes

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The Guardian Cryptic11 Dec 2002	Across 9
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