bitternut

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noun

The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.

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bitternut hickorybitter hickorybitter pignutswamp hickoryCarya cordiformis
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Meanings

nounbitternut (plural bitternuts)

plural bitternuts

  1. The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
  2. Its fruit, a bitter nut sometimes used as feed for livestock.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounhickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts

Similar
bitternut hickorybitter hickorybitter pignutswamp hickoryCarya cordiformis
Broader
hickoryhickory tree

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From bitter + nut.

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APA

bitternut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitternut

MLA

“bitternut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitternut. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bitternut,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitternut.

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