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PIGNUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pignut mean? 

PIGNUT (noun)
  The noun PIGNUT has 1 sense:

1. an American hickory tree having bitter nutsplay

  Familiarity information: PIGNUT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIGNUT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An American hickory tree having bitter nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black hickory; brown hickory; Carya glabra; pignut; pignut hickory

Hypernyms ("pignut" is a kind of...):

hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)

Holonyms ("pignut" is a member of...):

Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)


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