单词 | mockernut |
释义 | mockernutn. U.S. A North American hickory, Carya tomentosa (more fully mockernut hickory). Also: the fruit of this tree, a large nut with a small kernel. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > pecan or hickory hickory nut1670 hickory1705 pecan1761 pecan nut1762 mockernut1804 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > other nuts mani1604 nuciprune1682 breadnut?1740 buckeye1785 mockernut1804 breadnut1828 philopena1839 nutlet1848 Barcelona nut1851 buffalo-nut1857 urucuri1860 Queensland nut1870 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > pecan or hickory > pecan or hickory tree hickory1670 hickory nut tree1683 pecan1773 mockernut1804 pecan tree1804 1804 F. A. Michaux Voyage à l'Ouest 17 L'on y observe cependant différentes espèces d'arbres, entr'autres,..le Juglans tomentosa, Mocker-nut. 1810 F. A. Michaux Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale I. 20 Mocker nut hickory,..dans N.Y. et N.J. 1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis II. 638 Juglans tomentosa... This is known under the name of Mocker Nut, White-heart Hickory or Common Hickory. 1832 D. J. Browne Sylva Americana 187 In the part of New Jersey which lies on the river Hudson, this species is known by the name of Mockernut Hickory. 1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 339 Mockernut Hickory. 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 402 C[arya] tomentosa, Nutt. (Mocker-nut. White-heart Hickory.) 1859 J. G. Cooper in Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 255 Carya..tomentosa Nutt.,..Mocker-nut. 1926 E. M. Roberts Time of Man 364 I see you dance under the mockernut tree. 1947 G. H. Collingwood & W. D. Brush Knowing your Trees (ed. 12) 152/1 Attaining maturity at 250 to 300 years, mockernut hickory sometimes reaches a height of ninety or a hundred feet. 1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 98/2 The mockernut..forms a handsome specimen that grows up to 90 feet high with a trunk up to 3 feet in diameter... Its nuts have thick, hard shells that contain a very small amount of sweet meat. 1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air iv. 55 She was tall and scrawny with a bosom like a mocker-nut shell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1804 |
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