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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
2. 2
   hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts wordnet
3. 3
   Its fruit, a bitter nut sometimes used as feed for livestock.

Synonyms

All synonyms

bitter hickorybitter pignutbitternut hickorycarya cordiformisswamp hickory

Etymology

From bitter + nut.

Related phrases

united states

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