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elknut

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The Pyrularia oleifera, a santalaceous shrub of the southern United States. Also called oilnut.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) The buffalo nut. See under buffalo.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood

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  1. fruit

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  1. buffalo

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  • hernesheir commented on the word elknut

    "Reduction of force", in the shorthand of railroad telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.

    January 22, 2013