mockernut

American  

[mok-er-nuht] / ˈmɒk ərˌnʌt /

noun

1. a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.

2. the nut itself.

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mockernut British  

/ ˈmɒkəˌnʌt /

noun

1. Also called: black hickory.  a species of smooth-barked hickory, Carya tomentosa, with fragrant foliage that turns bright yellow in autumn

2. the nut of this tree

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Etymology

Origin of mockernut

1795–1805, apparently mocker ( def. ) + nut

Example Sentences

Note: Mr. Stoke showed the group a picture of a mockernut tree in one of his fields which he had girdled to kill it.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 by Northern Nut Growers Association

The shagbark, the bitternut, the pignut and mockernut.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Another thing disappointing so far is in the seeming poorness of the mockernut as a stock.

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

By the spring of 1924, all grafts on mockernut had died except the Barnes, the Gobble and the Long Beach, and each of these is thought to have mockernut parentage.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 by Northern Nut Growers Association

THE mockernut, or white hickory, is common on well-drained soils throughout the State.

From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.