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bitternut

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bit·ter·nut  (btr-nt)
n.
A hickory tree (Carya cordiformis) of eastern North America, having thin-shelled nuts with bitter kernels.
bitternut [ˈbɪtəˌnʌt]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an E North American hickory tree, Carya cordiformis, with thin-shelled nuts and bitter kernels
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the nut of this plant
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Noun1.bitternutbitternut - hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
bitter hickory, bitter pignut, bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, swamp hickory
Carya, genus Carya - genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China
hickory tree, hickory - American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts


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Goskamp & Brian Clark HIBISCUS Sea, Hibiscus tiliaceus, 1991 [delta] 102 50 74 171 Shrub althea, Hibiscus syriacus, 1999 8 19 13 30 [delta][+] HICKORY Bitternut, Corya cordiformis, 1999 182 120 100 327 Black, Corya texona, 1996 128 139 84 288 Corolina, Corya ovota var.
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One was the formerly 342-point bitternut hickory in Lake Accotink,Virginia.
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