pignutn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪɡnʌt/, U.S.

/ˈpɪɡˌnət/

Forms:

α. 1600s– pignut, 1700s pignutt, 1800s– pegnut (English regional (Middlesex)).

β. 1800s– pig's-nut (English regional), 1900s– pigsnut.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.¹, nut n.¹

Etymology: < pig n.¹ + nut n.¹ In β forms < the genitive of pig n.¹ + nut n.¹ With sense 1 compare earlier earthnut n. In sense 3 translating Spanish bellotas acorns (1605 in the passage translated in quot. 1711 at sense 3).

1. The sweetish edible tuber of Conopodium majus, a fine-leaved plant of the family Apiaceae ( Umbelliferae) of acid pastures and woods in western Europe; the plant itself. Also called earthnut.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > earth-nut

earthnutOE

earth chestnut1578

kipper-nut1597

pignuta1616

groundnut1653

gernut1691

fur-nut1804

yar-nut1828

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 167 I with my long nayles will digge thee pig-nuts .

1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 826 The Roots..commonly call'd Kepper-Nuts, Pignuts and Gernuts in the North, lie very deep, and fatten Hogs.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 69. ¶5 No Fruit grows originally among us, besides Hips and Haws, Acorns and Pig-Nutts.

1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 156 [Bunium bulbocastanum] Earth-nut or Pig-nut. Anglis... The roots are bulbous, and taste like a chesnut.

1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 588 Earth-Nut or Pig-Nut... Cornfields are, in some parts, white with the flowers of this plant, and the roots are often as large as a goose-egg.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island vi. xxxiii. 277 Dig away, boys..you'll find some pig-nuts.

1974 W. Foley Child in Forest i. iv. 47 With no pigs to snout them out we scratched the earth away from a wild feathery-leaved plant for its bulbous root, called pigsnuts.

1992 National Trust Mag. Summer 13/1 The flowers of spring are evident here: primroses, pignut and, in damp spots, ladies' smock.

2. U.S. Any of several kinds of hickory (genus Carya), esp. the broom hickory, C. glabra, and the closely related C. ovalis (more fully pignut hickory, pignut tree); the fruit of any of these trees. Also: the wood of any of these trees. Also called hog-nut.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > hickory

pohickory1644

pignut1666

hickory1670

hickory tree1682

shagbark1751

shell-bark1769

scaly-bark1775

swamp hickory1806

hognut hickory1810

kiskitomasa1817

water hickory1818

nutmeg hickory1832

king-nut1880

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

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [adjective] > of the hickory > of the nut of

pignut1666

1666 Early Rec. Warwick, Rhode Island (1926) 323 Upon a straight lyne from the pond to a pignut tree standing upon a hill.

1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. iv. 16 There are also several Sorts of Hickories, call'd Pig-nuts some of which have as thin a Shell as the best French Walnuts.

1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 68 White, or Pig-nut Hickery..generally grows pretty large.

1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 794 The very tough wood of Juglans glabra, which is called pig or hog-nut, also broom hickory.

1885 E. W. Howe Myst. of Locks 72 The olives you blow about—I'd as soon eat green pignuts soaked in brine.

1908 N. L. Britton N. Amer. Trees 237 Pignut hickory... A tree of drier ground than that in which most other hickories grow.

1949 Pacific Spectator Spring 224 We went up a little hill with hickory nut and pignut trees set on it amidst the laurel bushes.

1993 ‘J. Gash’ Paid & Loving Eyes (1994) xxii. 156 It was American hickory of the sort we call pignut.

†3. An acorn. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > acorn or cup of an acorn

acorneOE

acorn cup1544

gland1631

pignut1711

wrapper1718

thimble1873

1711 E. Ward Life Don Quixote v. xix. 373 At length the Don in Pensive Mood His Golden Pignuts [i.e. acorns, as eaten in the Golden Age; Sp. bellotas] gravely view'd.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pignut
释义	pignutn. Brit. /ˈpɪɡnʌt/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌnət/ Forms: α. 1600s– pignut, 1700s pignutt, 1800s– pegnut (English regional (Middlesex)). β. 1800s– pig's-nut (English regional), 1900s– pigsnut. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.¹, nut n.¹ Etymology: < pig n.¹ + nut n.¹ In β forms < the genitive of pig n.¹ + nut n.¹ With sense 1 compare earlier earthnut n. In sense 3 translating Spanish bellotas acorns (1605 in the passage translated in quot. 1711 at sense 3). 1. The sweetish edible tuber of Conopodium majus, a fine-leaved plant of the family Apiaceae ( Umbelliferae) of acid pastures and woods in western Europe; the plant itself. Also called earthnut. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > earth-nut earthnutOE earth chestnut1578 kipper-nut1597 pignuta1616 groundnut1653 gernut1691 fur-nut1804 yar-nut1828 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 167 I with my long nayles will digge thee pig-nuts . View more context for this quotation 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 826 The Roots..commonly call'd Kepper-Nuts, Pignuts and Gernuts in the North, lie very deep, and fatten Hogs. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 69. ¶5 No Fruit grows originally among us, besides Hips and Haws, Acorns and Pig-Nutts. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 156 [Bunium bulbocastanum] Earth-nut or Pig-nut. Anglis... The roots are bulbous, and taste like a chesnut. 1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 588 Earth-Nut or Pig-Nut... Cornfields are, in some parts, white with the flowers of this plant, and the roots are often as large as a goose-egg. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island vi. xxxiii. 277 Dig away, boys..you'll find some pig-nuts. 1974 W. Foley Child in Forest i. iv. 47 With no pigs to snout them out we scratched the earth away from a wild feathery-leaved plant for its bulbous root, called pigsnuts. 1992 National Trust Mag. Summer 13/1 The flowers of spring are evident here: primroses, pignut and, in damp spots, ladies' smock. 2. U.S. Any of several kinds of hickory (genus Carya), esp. the broom hickory, C. glabra, and the closely related C. ovalis (more fully pignut hickory, pignut tree); the fruit of any of these trees. Also: the wood of any of these trees. Also called hog-nut. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > hickory pohickory1644 pignut1666 hickory1670 hickory tree1682 shagbark1751 shell-bark1769 scaly-bark1775 swamp hickory1806 hognut hickory1810 kiskitomasa1817 water hickory1818 nutmeg hickory1832 king-nut1880 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 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [adjective] > of the hickory > of the nut of pignut1666 1666 Early Rec. Warwick, Rhode Island (1926) 323 Upon a straight lyne from the pond to a pignut tree standing upon a hill. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. iv. 16 There are also several Sorts of Hickories, call'd Pig-nuts some of which have as thin a Shell as the best French Walnuts. 1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 68 White, or Pig-nut Hickery..generally grows pretty large. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 794 The very tough wood of Juglans glabra, which is called pig or hog-nut, also broom hickory. 1885 E. W. Howe Myst. of Locks 72 The olives you blow about—I'd as soon eat green pignuts soaked in brine. 1908 N. L. Britton N. Amer. Trees 237 Pignut hickory... A tree of drier ground than that in which most other hickories grow. 1949 Pacific Spectator Spring 224 We went up a little hill with hickory nut and pignut trees set on it amidst the laurel bushes. 1993 ‘J. Gash’ Paid & Loving Eyes (1994) xxii. 156 It was American hickory of the sort we call pignut. †3. An acorn. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > acorn or cup of an acorn acorneOE acorn cup1544 gland1631 pignut1711 wrapper1718 thimble1873 1711 E. Ward Life Don Quixote v. xix. 373 At length the Don in Pensive Mood His Golden Pignuts [i.e. acorns, as eaten in the Golden Age; Sp. bellotas] gravely view'd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1616
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