mockernut

Other forms: mockernuts

Definitions of mockernut
  1. noun
    smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
    synonyms: Carya tomentosa, big-bud hickory, black hickory, mockernut hickory, white-heart hickory
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    type of:
    hickory, hickory tree
    American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
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