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bitternuts

bitternuts is the plural of bitternut.

Meaning of bitternut

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.

Questions about bitternuts

What is bitternuts the plural of?
Bitternuts is the plural of bitternut.

Words near bitternuts in the dictionary

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

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