Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pignut or brown hickory, Carya porcina. See
hickory . - noun The earthnut or arnut, Conopodium denudatum (Bunium flexuosum). Also called
hawk-nut . - noun A species of Omphalea belonging to the natural order Euphorbiaceœ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The pignut.
- noun In England, the
Bunium flexuosum , a tuberous plant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US The
pignut orhickory . - noun UK Bunium flexuosum, a
tuberous plant .
Etymologies
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hog + nut
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