bitternut
Americannoun
noun
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an E North American hickory tree, Carya cordiformis , with thin-shelled nuts and bitter kernels
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the nut of this plant
Etymology
Origin of bitternut
Example Sentences
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The nonnative trees include ponderosa pine from South Dakota and Nebraska, and bitternut hickory from southern Minnesota and Illinois.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2019
Palik pointed out bitternut hickory from southern Minnesota and Illinois.
From Washington Post
THE bitternut hickory is a tall slender tree with broadly pyramidal crown, attaining a height of 100 feet and a diameter of 2 to 3 feet.
From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.
O'ROURKE: Will the bitternut do better, or would the mockernut?
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association
This would seem to indicate that there are possibilities for some of the pecan-bitternut and pecan-shagbark hybrids in southern Ontario where the shagbark and the bitternut grow quite freely.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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