water hickory

water hickory
noun
hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts
Hypernyms: ↑hickory, ↑hickory tree
Member Holonyms: ↑Carya, ↑genus Carya

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noun
: a hickory (Carya aquatica) of the southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts — called also bitter pecan, water bitternut

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water hickory,
a hickory with bitter nuts, found in the southern United States.

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