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 Definitions of bitternut  [ˈbɪt ərˌnʌt]  

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Definition of 'bitternut' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) bitternut
a hickory, Carya cordiformis, of the E and southern U.S., bearing a smooth, gray, bitter seed.

Etymology:  (1800–10, Amer.)

Definition of 'bitternut' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) bitternut, bitternut hickory, bitter hickory, bitter pignut, swamp hickory, Carya cordiformis
hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts


Definition of 'bitternut' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) bitternut
the swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter



'bitternut' - Nearby Entries  

bitter orange  bitter orange tree  bitter pea  bittern  bitterness  bitternut  bitternut hickory  



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