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Webster 1913 Edition
Bitternut
Bit′ter-nut′
,Noun.
(Bot.)
The swamp hickory (
Carya amara
). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter. Definition 2024
bitternut
bitternut
English
Noun
bitternut (plural bitternuts)
- The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
- Its fruit, a bitter nut sometimes used as feed for livestock.
Translations
Carya cordiformis
nut