HyperDic: bitternut

English > 1 sense of the word bitternut:
NOUNplantbitternut, bitternut hickory, bitter hickory, bitter pignut, swamp hickory, Carya cordiformishickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
English > bitternut: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninghickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts.
Synonymsbitternut hickory, bitter hickory, bitter pignut, swamp hickory, Carya cordiformis
Member ofCarya, genus Caryagenus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees
Broaderhickory, hickory treeAmerican hardwood tree bearing edible nuts

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