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 * Not to be confused with the Hazelnut in Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars.

Whirlwind Acorn (旋风橡果; pinyin: xuànfēng xiàng guǒ) is a plant obtained in Frostbite Caves in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2. Whirlwind Acorn launches its cap to attack zombies twice, in a similar manner to the Bloomerang. The longer it takes to get ready to shoot, the heavier the damage it deals. However, it only has a range of 3 tiles in front of it. When the cap hits certain objects, like a tombstone or a Walrus Zombie, it explodes and destroys that obstacle immediately.

Almanac entry
DAMAGE: Heavy

RANGE: Straight

RECHARGE: Mediocre

Whirlwind Acorn loves sports very much. Once, he competed with Bloomerang for the champion of boomerang show match on the plant sports meeting. Unfortunately, Bloomerang hurled boomerangs in a cross-shaped pattern and beat him. To have a wonderful performance at the next sports meeting, he began to take crazy running exercise. He is confident because he has the experience of playing with boomerangs. He has been able to reach the highest starting speed by whirling like a boomerang—the disadvantage of that way is he will return after running a distance...

In Chinese: 旋风橡果非常喜欢运动. 他曾经与回旋镖竞争过植物运动会飞盘表演赛的冠军，可惜后者用一手四方飞盘的技术打败了他. 为了能在下一届运动会中能有出彩表现，他开始疯狂练习跑步，他对自己拥有玩飞盘的经验感觉信心满满：他已经可以利用旋转跑出最快的起步速度——副作用是冲出一段距离之后会回旋回来. …

Plant Food upgrade
When fed with Plant Food, Whirlwind Acorn fires a whirling acorn bomb and then shreds all the zombies in its row.

Costumed
Whirlwind Acorn now spins up two more tornadoes to attack the first zombies of the two adjacent lanes.

Trivia

 * It looks similar to its counterpart in Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars. The main difference is that it has a wind-up key instead of a stem.
 * Before the Frostbite Caves update, it appeared on the plant preview icon after beating some levels as Ancient Egypt - Day 4 and Day 7
 * When it attacks, it makes the same noise that Bloomerang makes when Plant Food is used on it.
 * Additionally, it references Bloomerang in its almanac entry, possibly because they have similar abilities.
 * Its mouth is open in its seed packet.
 * Despite being a nut, it is not a defensive plant.
 * This makes it the first nut plant to not be defensive.