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WATER BITTERNUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water bitternut mean?
• WATER BITTERNUT (noun)
The noun WATER BITTERNUT has 1 sense:
1. hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts
Familiarity information: WATER BITTERNUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bitter pecan; Carya aquatica; water bitternut; water hickory
Hypernyms ("water bitternut" is a kind of...):
hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)
Holonyms ("water bitternut" is a member of...):
Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)
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