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Webster 1913 Edition
Pignut
Pig′nut
(pĭg′nŭt)
, Noun.
(Bot.)
(a)
See
Groundnut
(d)
. (b)
The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (
Carya glabra
syn. Carya porcina
); also, the tree itself. Webster 1828 Edition
Pignut
PIG'NUT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
pignut
pignut
English
Noun
pignut (plural pignuts)
- The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
- I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow;
- And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts;
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Judgement of Dungara’, Black and White, Folio Society 2004, vol. 1, p. 382:
- Justus partially overcame their scruples against work, and taught them that the black earth was rich in other produce than pignuts only.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
- (US) Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut.