hickory nut

noun

One of the large edible nuts of the hickory tree.

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Meanings

nounhickory nut (plural hickory nuts)

plural hickory nuts

  1. One of the large edible nuts of the hickory tree.

    To break the shell of a hickory nut, you needed a hammer and an act of Congress, and even then you needed a screwdriver to get at the meat, which was about as tasty as a clod of limestone.

    2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 270

Translations

German Hickorynuss
  • Hickorynussnut of the hickory tree
Polish orzech hikory
  • orzech hikorynut of the hickory tree
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APA

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Chicago

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