Pignut

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Either of two hickory trees (Carya glabra or C. ovalis) of the eastern United States, having nuts with somewhat bitter kernels.
  • noun. The nut of either of these trees.
  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as hawknut.
  • noun. The fruit of a North American tree, the brown hickory, Hicoria glabra (Carya porcina); also, the tree itself.
  • noun. The fruit of Omphalea triandra and O. diandra, of the West Indies and South America.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See groundnut (d).
  • noun. The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya glabra syn. Carya porcina); also, the tree itself.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe.
  • noun. Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
  • Word Usage
    "So long as it already covers two species in the North as opposed to one in the South, there are already two votes to one in favor of retaining the name pignut for Carya glabra and Carya ovalis."
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