PIGNUT

pignut, pignut hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, Carya glabra

(noun) an American hickory tree having bitter nuts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pignut (plural pignuts)

The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe.

(US) Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut.

Simmondsia chinensis, jojoba.

Anagrams

• gun pit

Source: Wiktionary


Pig"nut, n. (Bot.) (a) See Groundnut (d). (b) The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya glabra, or porcina); also, the tree itself.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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