mockernut

[ mok-er-nuht ]

/ ˈmɒk ərˌnʌt /

noun

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

the nut itself.

Words nearby mockernut

mock turtle soup, mock-heroic, mock-up, mockado, mocker, mockernut, mockers, mockery, mockingbird, mockney, mocktail

Origin of mockernut

1795–1805, Americanism; apparently mocker + nut

Also called mockernut hickory.

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Examples from the Web for mockernut

The pignut and the mockernut hickories are found in the southern hardwood belt along Lake Erie.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association
I should reply that the chestnut leads the list, followed closely by the mockernut hickory.
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943|Various
Mockernut leaves are large, downy, yellow-green, turning to gold in autumn.
Trees Worth Knowing|Julia Ellen Rogers
The superior size of the fruit and the smallness of the kernel probably give rise to the common name, "mockernut."
Handbook of the Trees of New England|Lorin Low Dame

The mockernut is the hickory-nut with a dark, brownish-colored shell, hard and thick and not easily cracked.
On the Trail|Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard

British Dictionary definitions for mockernut

mockernut

/ (ˈmɒkəˌnʌt) /

noun

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

Word Origin for mockernut

so called because the nut is difficult to extract

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