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PIGNUT HICKORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pignut hickory mean?
• PIGNUT HICKORY (noun)
The noun PIGNUT HICKORY has 1 sense:
1. an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
Familiarity information: PIGNUT HICKORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An American hickory tree having bitter nuts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
black hickory; brown hickory; Carya glabra; pignut; pignut hickory
Hypernyms ("pignut hickory" is a kind of...):
hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)
Holonyms ("pignut hickory" is a member of...):
Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)
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