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MOCKERNUT HICKORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mockernut hickory mean?
• MOCKERNUT HICKORY (noun)
The noun MOCKERNUT HICKORY has 1 sense:
1. smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
Familiarity information: MOCKERNUT HICKORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
big-bud hickory; black hickory; Carya tomentosa; mockernut; mockernut hickory; white-heart hickory
Hypernyms ("mockernut hickory" is a kind of...):
hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)
Holonyms ("mockernut hickory" is a member of...):
Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)
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