noun
hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
• Syn: ↑bitternut hickory, ↑bitter hickory, ↑bitter pignut, ↑swamp hickory, ↑Carya cordiformis
• Hypernyms: ↑hickory, ↑hickory tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Carya, ↑genus Carya
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun or bitternut hickory : a hickory (Carya cordiformis) of the eastern United States having a slender trunk, rough bark, leaves with seven or nine leaflets, and a thin-shelled very bitter nut — called also bitter hickory, bitter pignut, swamp hickory
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/bit"euhr nut'/, n.
a hickory, Carya cordiformis, of the eastern and southern U.S., bearing a smooth, gray, bitter seed.
[1800-10, Amer.; BITTER + NUT]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.