Bitternut
a hickory, Carya cordiformis, of the eastern and southern U.S., bearing a smooth, gray, bitter seed.
Historical Examples
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Northern Nut Growers Association
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 Various
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Various
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Northern Nut Growers Association
Studies of Trees Jacob Joshua Levison
Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Northern Nut Growers Association
Trees Every Child Should Know Julia Ellen Rogers
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Various
Woodcraft Alan Douglas
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Northern Nut Growers Association
noun
an E North American hickory tree, Carya cordiformis, with thin-shelled nuts and bitter kernels
the nut of this plant
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