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Answer for the clue "Oak's source ", 5 letters:
acorn

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Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus . The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. ...

Usage examples of acorn.

For good measure, she walked across the laboratory and glared at the other acorn in the experiment.

It sat on a white plate identical to that on which the first acorn rested.

Using a tossed coin to make sure she chose the piles randomly, she buried one acorn in the first and the other in the second.

Satisfied, Pekka stopped the chant and looked over toward the other table, where the other acorn should have shown similar growth.

She hurried over to the other table, wondering what was wrong with the acorn on it.

Pekka said, and went back to the pile of dirt in which she had - she knew she had - planted the acorn now missing.

The other acorn, although emplaced in a setting attuned to the first through both similarity and contagion, did not germinate as a result of the spell and, in fact, could not be located despite diligent search at the close of the experiment.

She took no notice of the phenomenon, so accustomed to the ways of the grove was she, but Acorn hesitated.

She emerged from the oaks, expecting to see Acorn still frozen upon the riverbank.

Suddenly she heard movement in the undergrowth and whirled to see Acorn lunging toward her with a crazed gleam in his eyes.

She had forgotten about the tattered wrap and its treasured contents in the time Acorn had been with her.

She proceeded to explain about the ragged bundle Acorn had carried, and described the rock that fell out of it after his death.

Her reaction had been stupid, she admitted as Acorn picked his way across a stream.

Giving up, she tied Acorn to the back, retrieved the offside ribbon, then climbed into the phaeton.

Kicking Acorn to a gallop, she jumped a hedge and raced toward the mill.