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

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mockernut

This makes it of value for there are few of our named hickories that will do well 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

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

In 1933 I top-worked a mockernut with ten grafts of the Barnes.

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

For instance, the Barnes is one of the few shagbarks known to thrive on mockernut.

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

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