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Meaning of BITTERNUT

Pronunciation:  'bitur`nut

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
 
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 Synonyms: bitter hickory, bitter pignut, bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, swamp hickory
 
 See Also: Carya, genus Carya, hickory, hickory tree

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bit"ter*nut"\, n. (Bot.)
The swamp hickory ({Carya amara}). Its thin-shelled nuts are
bitter.
 
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