hognut









hognut


hognut [hawg-nuht, hog-] Word Origin noun

  1. the nut of the brown hickory, Carya glabra.
  2. the tree itself.
  3. the pignut.
  4. the earthnut, Conopodium denudatum, of Europe.

Origin of hognut First recorded in 1765–75; hog + nut British Dictionary definitions for hognut hognut noun

  1. another name for pignut
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