WATER BITTERNUT

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Meaning:

Hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts

Synonyms:

bitter pecan; Carya aquatica; water bitternut; water hickory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("water bitternut" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("water bitternut" is a member of...):

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

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