- pig|nut
- pig|nut «PIHG NUHT», noun.1. a) a thin-shelled, oily, bitterish nut of any one of several species of hickory of North America. b) any one of the trees that bear these nuts.
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pignut — pig•nut [[t]ˈpɪgˌnʌt[/t]] n. 1) pln the bitter nut of several hickories, esp. Carya glabra, of North America 2) pln any of these trees • Etymology: 1600–10 … From formal English to slang
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Hoffmannseggia glauca — Taxobox name = Pig nut image width = 220px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae genus = Hoffmannseggia species = H. glauca binomial = Hoffmannseggia glauca binomial authority =… … Wikipedia
Carya glabra — Pignut Pig nut (p[i^]g n[u^]t), n. (Bot.) (a) See {Groundnut} (d) . (b) The bitter flavored nut of a species of hickory ({Carya glabra} syn. {Carya porcina}); also, the tree itself. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
