mockernut
[mok-er-nuht]
- a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.
- the nut itself.
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Origin of mockernut
Also called mockernut hickory.
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Elsewhere the pignut and the mockernut are called "hickory."
Other characters: The bark is close like that of the mockernut hickory.
Studies of TreesJacob Joshua Levison
In 1933 I top-worked a mockernut with ten grafts of the Barnes.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual MeetingNorthern Nut Growers Association
This makes it of value for there are few of our named hickories that will do well when grafted on the mockernut.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual MeetingNorthern Nut Growers Association
There are three other nuts that I know do well on the mockernut.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual MeetingNorthern Nut Growers Association
mockernut
- Also called: black hickory a species of smooth-barked hickory, Carya tomentosa, with fragrant foliage that turns bright yellow in autumn
- the nut of this tree
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Word Origin
so called because the nut is difficult to extract
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