bitternut
bitternut · bitternuts
The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern…The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
Meaning
2 sensesThe bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
Its fruit, a bitter nut sometimes used as feed for livestock.
Origin
From bitter + nut.From bitter + nut.
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Forms
plural: bitternuts| Singular | bitternut |
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Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts:bitternut hickorybitter hickorybitter pignutswamp hickoryCarya cordiformis