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Pignut   Listen
noun
Pignut  n.  (Bot.)
(a)
See Groundnut (d).
(b)
The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya glabra syn. Carya porcina); also, the tree itself.






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"Pignut" Quotes from Famous Books



... qualified in some way, very much as the word "fish" in Boston stands for the codfish only, other kinds of fish in the world being described by qualifying names. In the northeast the hickory means the shagbark. In Missouri it means the shellbark. Elsewhere the pignut and the mockernut are called "hickory." Interest in the subject has increased so rapidly of late years that we must all of us be more particular in our descriptions and add qualifying names, speaking always of the shagbark ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Sixth Annual Meeting. Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 • Various



Words linked to "Pignut" :   hickory, genus Carya, hickory tree, pignut hickory



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