| 单词 | pignut hickory |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspignut hickory 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. < as lemmas |
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