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Hognut
Hog′nutˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
(a)
The pignut.
See Hickory
. (b)
In England, the
Bunium flexuosum
, a tuberous plant. Definition 2024
hognut
hognut
English
Noun
hognut (plural hognuts)
- (US) The pignut or hickory (Carya glabra of family Juglandaceae).
- (Britain) Conopodium majus, a tuberous plant of the Apiaceae.
- Bunium bulbocastanum (black cumin) of the Apiaceae.
- Certain rushpeas, particularly Hoffmannseggia glauca (Indian rushpea) and Hoffmannseggia densiflora, of the Fabaceae.
- Hyptis suaveolens (Chan) of the Lamiaceae.