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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
Etymology
Noun
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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