noun
1. smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
• Syn: ↑mockernut, ↑mockernut hickory, ↑white-heart hickory, ↑big-bud hickory, ↑Carya tomentosa
• Hypernyms: ↑hickory, ↑hickory tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Carya, ↑genus Carya
2. an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
• Syn: ↑pignut, ↑pignut hickory, ↑brown hickory, ↑Carya glabra
• Hypernyms: ↑hickory, ↑hickory tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Carya, ↑genus Carya
3. North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut
• Syn: ↑black walnut, ↑black walnut tree, ↑Juglans nigra
• Hypernyms: ↑walnut, ↑walnut tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Juglans, ↑genus Juglans
• Part Meronyms: ↑black walnut
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noun1. : any of several hickories: as
a. : mockernut
b. : any of several pignut trees (especially Carya glabra)
2. : black walnut 1
Useful english dictionary. 2012.