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

The mockernut hickory occurs about anywhere on the poor, acid, clay soils of the south, its vigor depending on fertility.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association

One graft of Fox on mockernut lived and has continued to grow fairly well.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association

It is of little value as a nursery stock, but if one has young mockernut trees growing where hickory trees are wanted, they would be somewhat better to graft than would pignut trees.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association

They are already so widely crossed that it is very difficult sometimes to determine if a certain tree is shagbark or pignut or shellbark or mockernut.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 by Northern Nut Growers Association

O'ROURKE: Will the bitternut do better, or would the mockernut?

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association