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mockernut

[ mok-er-nuht ]

noun

  1. a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.
  2. the nut itself.


mockernut

/ ˈmɒkəˌnʌt /

noun

  1. Also calledblack hickory a species of smooth-barked hickory, Carya tomentosa, with fragrant foliage that turns bright yellow in autumn
  2. the nut of this tree
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mockernut1

1795–1805, Americanism; apparently mocker ( def ) + nut
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mockernut1

so called because the nut is difficult to extract
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Example Sentences

The pignut and the mockernut hickories are found in the southern hardwood belt along Lake Erie.

Note: Mr. Stoke showed the group a picture of a mockernut tree in one of his fields which he had girdled to kill it.

The mockernut is the hickory-nut with a dark, brownish-colored shell, hard and thick and not easily cracked.

The bitternut (Hicoria minima) can be told from the mockernut and other species of hickory by its bud, which has no scales at all.

Soil and location: The mockernut hickory grows on a great variety of soils, but prefers one which is rich and well-drained.

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