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mockernut [ˈmɒkəˌnʌt]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called black hickory a species of smooth-barked hickory, Carya tomentosa, with fragrant foliage that turns bright yellow in autumn

2. (Cookery) the nut of this tree

[so called because the nut is difficult to extract]

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mockernut - smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut

big-bud hickory, black hickory, Carya tomentosa, mockernut hickory, white-heart 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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big-bud hickory black hickory Carya Carya tomentosa genus Carya hickory hickory tree mockernut hickory white-heart hickory			Another reason that would-be nutpickers do not gather hickory nuts is that they cannot differentiate the shagbark hickory from its bitternut and mockernut relatives, which do not bear edible nuts. Shagbark hickory: neglected nut of the central woodlands by Goss, Jeffery, Jr. / Countryside & Small Stock Journal The nine other trees were three shagbark hickories (Carya ovata), two shellbark hickories (Carya laciniosa),, one mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa), one sugar maple (Acer saccharum), one honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), and one white oak (Quercus alba). Roosts of Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) near the Indianapolis ... by Whitaker, John O., Jr.; Sparks, Dale W. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science australis 80 130 14 2007 Mockernut Carya tomentosa 2003 178 108 65 Nutmeg Carya myristiciformis 2007 74 115 34 Pignut Carya glabra var. The National Register of Big Trees 2008 by Dawley, Margo; Phillips, Janelle / American Forests			Moche Mochel Mochica Mochila mock mock azalia Mock bishop's weed Mock heroic Mock lead mock moon Mock nightingale mock orange mock privet mock sun mock turtle soup mock up Mock velvet mock-heroic mock-up Mockable Mockado Mockadour Mockage Mockbird mocker mockernut mockernut hickory mockers mockery mocking mocking thrush Mocking wren mockingbird mockingly Mockingstock Mockish Mockle mockney mocktail mockumentary mockup Moco Moctezuma mod mod con mod cons mod. modacrylic modal modal auxiliary modal auxiliary verb			mock-heroically mock-heroics mock-heroics Mock-orange Mock-orange Mock-turtle mock-up mock-up Mock-Up Reactor Mock-Up Release mock-ups mock-ups Mock-you Mockable Mockable Mockado Mockadour Mockage Mockba Mockba Mockbird mocked mocked mocked up mocked up mocker mocker mockeries mockeries mockeries mockernut mockernut hickory mockernut hickory mockers mockers mockery mockery mockery mockery mocking mocking Mocking bird Mocking bird mocking thrush mocking up mocking up Mocking wren Mocking-bird Mocking-bird mockingbird mockingbird Mockingbirds Mockingbirds Mockingboard mockingly mockingly Mockingstock Mockish Mockle Mockney mocks

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