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bitternut

[ bit-er-nuht ]

noun

  1. a hickory, Carya cordiformis, of the eastern and southern U.S., bearing a smooth, gray, bitter seed.


bitternut

/ ˈɪəˌʌ /

noun

  1. an E North American hickory tree, Carya cordiformis , with thin-shelled nuts and bitter kernels
  2. the nut of this plant
“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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Origin of bitternut1

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; bitter + nut
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Oaks and purple maples, bitternuts and striped elms.

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The nonnative trees include ponderosa pine from South Dakota and Nebraska, and bitternut hickory from southern Minnesota and Illinois.

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Among the biggest trees in Indiana is a 155-foot-tall hickory bitternut in Perry County.

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This is closely allied to if not a more Southern form of our common bitternut.

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THE bitternut hickory is a tall slender tree with broadly pyramidal crown, attaining a height of 100 feet and a diameter of 2 to 3 feet.

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