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Meaning of PIGNUT

Pronunciation:  'pig`nut

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
 
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 Synonyms: black hickory, brown hickory, Carya glabra, pignut hickory
 
 See Also: Carya, genus Carya, hickory, hickory tree

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 

 

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