PIGNUT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An American hickory tree having bitter nuts

Synonyms:

black hickory; brown hickory; Carya glabra; pignut; pignut hickory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pignut" is a kind of...):

hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)

Holonyms ("pignut" is a member of...):

Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)

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