mockernut

mockernut

(ˈmɒkəˌnʌt) n1. (Plants) Also called: black hickory a species of smooth-barked hickory, Carya tomentosa, with fragrant foliage that turns bright yellow in autumn2. (Cookery) the nut of this tree[so called because the nut is difficult to extract]

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mockernut - smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nutbig-bud hickory, black hickory, Carya tomentosa, mockernut hickory, white-heart hickoryCarya, genus Carya - genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and Chinahickory tree, hickory - American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts