carya tomentosa

Noun
Synonyms: mockernutmockernut hickoryblack hickorywhite-heart hickorybig-bud hickory

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nutSynonyms: mockernutmockernut hickoryblack hickorywhite-heart hickorybig-bud hickory
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

mockernut \mockernut\, mocker nut \mocker nut\n.

1.(Bot.), A smooth-barked North American hickory (Carya tomentosa) with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut.

Syn: mockernut hickory, black hickory, white-heart hickory, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa . [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

2.The fruit of the mockernut[1]. [PJC]

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