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bitternut

bitternut noun: the bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.

Noun

bitternut (plural bitternuts)

  1. The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
  2. Its fruit, a bitter nut sometimes used as feed for livestock.

Forms of bitternut

pluralbitternuts

Origin of bitternut

From bitter + nut.

Questions about bitternut

What does bitternut mean?
Bitternut means the bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
What part of speech is bitternut?
Bitternut is a noun.
What is the plural of bitternut?
The plural of bitternut is bitternuts.

Words near bitternut in the dictionary

  1. bittern
  2. Bitterne
  3. bitterness
  4. bitternesses
  5. bitterns
  6. bitternut
  7. bitternuts
  8. bitterroot
  9. Bitterroot Mountains
  10. Bitterroot Range
  11. bitterroots

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