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Bitternut

Bitternut Meaning & Definition
Bitternut Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bitternut?

[n] hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bitternut: bitter hickory | bitter pignut | bitternut hickory | Carya cordiformis | swamp hickory

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See Also | Carya | genus Carya | hickory | hickory tree

Bitternut In Webster's Dictionary

\Bit"ter*nut"\, n. (Bot.) The swamp hickory ({Carya amara}). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.

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