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egg
egg [-s]
n
OE.
Case for an unborn bird; spherical shell produced by female birds containing the germ of a new individual.
Hatchling; young bird now hatched.
Phrase. “Egg of forests”: nut; kernel; hard seed capsule that can produce new trees.