| English Dictionary |
BITTERNUT
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does bitternut mean?
• BITTERNUT (noun)
The noun BITTERNUT has 1 sense:
1. hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
Familiarity information: BITTERNUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bitter hickory; bitter pignut; bitternut; bitternut hickory; Carya cordiformis; swamp hickory
Hypernyms ("bitternut" is a kind of...):
hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)
Holonyms ("bitternut" is a member of...):
Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"A real friend takes the hand of his friend in overwhelming worry and fire." (Afghanistan proverb)
"The weapon first, fighting second." (Arabic proverb)
"Some work, others merely daydream." (Corsican proverb)