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单词 hog-nut
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hog-nutn.

Brit. /ˈhɒɡˌnʌt/, U.S. /ˈhɔɡˈnət/, /ˈhɑɡˈnət/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hog n.1, nut n.1
Etymology: < hog n.1 + nut n.1 Compare earlier pignut n.
Now rare.
1. English regional. = earthnut n. 1. Cf. pignut n. 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > earth-nut or plant
earthnutOE
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1771 R. Warner Plantæ Woodfordienses 20 Hawk-nut, or rather Hog-nut.
1777 E. Jacob Plantæ Favershamienses 16 Bunium Bulbocastanum... Earth-nut, or Hog-nut.
1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 105 Hawk-nut, probably corrupted from Hog-nut, Bunium flexuosum.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Bullers... I have heard it applied to the small feathery umbels of the hog-nut.—Bunium flexuosum.
2. North American. The pignut hickory, Carya glabra (more fully hognut hickory); (also) the nut produced by this tree. Cf. pignut n. 2.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > hickory > nut
pignut1666
shagbark1860
shell-bark1885
hog-nut1916
1810 F. A. Michaux Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale I. 21 Pig nut hickery..Hog nut hickery, plus usité dans quelques cantons de la Pensylvanie.
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 794 The Americans make very good and durable brooms by slitting into narrow slips the very tough wood of Juglans glabra, which is called pig or hog-nut, also broom hickory.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 228/2 The Pig or Hog-nut, or Broom Hickory, C. porcina, is a noble tree seventy or eighty feet high.
1916 E. H. S. Bailey Source, Chem. & Use Food Products xiii. 336 Inferior varieties [of hickory] known as ‘pig’ nut and ‘hog’ nut are not often used as human food.
3. A tropical American tree, Omphalea triandra, of the family Euphorbiaceae; (also) the edible seeds of this tree.
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1814 J. Lunan Hortus Jamaicensis I. 204 The French call this noisettier, and in Jamaica it is known in some parishes by the name of pig or hog nut.
1863 L. Lane Clarke Objects for Microscope (ed. 2) ii. 35 The cob nut, or hog nut, is the seed of a plant (Omphalea), belonging to the natural order of Euphorbiaceæ, native of Jamaica.
1899 L. N. Badenoch True Tales Insects ix. 197 The plant of chief interest to us being that technically titled Omphalea triandra. This, the Cob or Hog-nut of Jamaica, the Avellano of the Island of Cuba, belongs to the family Euphorbiaceæ.
1919 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 2 71 The seeds of ‘Jamaica Cob Nut’ or ‘Hog Nut’ (Omphalea triandra, Linn.) a small tree of the West Indies are eaten raw or roasted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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