HyperDic: buffalo_nut

English > 2 senses of the expression buffalo nut:
NOUNplantbuffalo nut, elk nut, oil nutoily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood
plantbuffalo nut, rabbitwood, Pyrularia puberashrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes
English > buffalo nut: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaningoily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood.
Synonymselk nut, oil nut
Part ofrabbitwood, buffalo nut, Pyrularia puberashrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes
BroaderfruitThe ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
English > buffalo nut: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaningshrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes.
Synonymsrabbitwood, Pyrularia pubera
Member ofPyrularia, genus Pyrulariasmall genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs
Partsbuffalo nut, elk nut, oil nutoily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood
Broaderparasitic plantplant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it

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