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

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

It is entirely at home when grafted on the mockernut.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934 by Northern Nut Growers Association

One graft of Fox on mockernut lived and has continued to grow fairly well.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Of other hickories I know little, for the false shagbark, the mockernut, the pignut, and the rest of the family have not been disclosed to me often enough to put me at ease with them.

From Getting Acquainted with the Trees by McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace)

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