BITTERNUT

bitternut, bitternut hickory, bitter hickory, bitter pignut, swamp hickory, Carya cordiformis

(noun) hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts

Source: WordNet® 3.1

bitternut (plural bitternuts)

The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.

Its fruit, a bitter nut sometimes used as feed for livestock.

Source: Wiktionary

Bit"ter*nut", n. (Bot.)

Definition: The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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