PIGNUT


Meaning of PIGNUT in English

/pig"nut'/ , n.

1. the nut of the brown hickory, Carya glabra, of North America.

2. the tree itself.

3. the tuber of a European plant, Conopodium denudatum.

[ 1600-10; PIG 1 + NUT ]

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