HOGNUT

Etymology

Noun

hognut (plural hognuts)

(US) The pignut or hickory (Carya glabra of family Juglandaceae).

(UK) Conopodium majus, a tuberous plant of the Apiaceae.

Bunium bulbocastanum (black cumin) of the Apiaceae.

Certain rushpea, particularly Hoffmannseggia glauca (syn. Hoffmannseggia densiflora) Indian rushpea, of the Fabaceae.

Hyptis suaveolens of the Lamiaceae.

Anagrams

• hotgun, hutong, nought

Source: Wiktionary


Hog"nut`, n. (Bot.) (a) The pignut. See Hickory. (b) In England, the Bunium flexuosum, a tuberous plant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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