(EN) pig-nut

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• pig|nut — «PIHG NUHT», noun. 1. a) a thin shelled, oily, bitterish nut of any one of several species of hickory of North America. b) any one of the trees that bear these nuts. 2. a) the tuber of a European earthnut. b) the plant itself. Also, hognut.… …   Useful english dictionary

• pig-nut — n. 1. Earth nut (Bunium flexuosum). 2. Broom hickory, hog nut (Carya glabra) …   New dictionary of synonyms

• pig-nut — …   Useful english dictionary

• ground-nut — n. 1. Pig nut, hawk nut, earth nut, earth chestnut (Bunium flexuosum). 2. Peanut, earth nut (Arachis hypogaea). 3. Wild bean (A pios tuberosa). 4. Dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia or Panax trifolium) …   New dictionary of synonyms

• earth-nut — earthˈ nut noun 1. The edible root tuber of Conopodium flexuosum, a woodland umbelliferous plant 2. The plant itself (also arnut, pig nut, earth chestnut) 3. The peanut (genus Arachis) • • • Main Entry: ↑earth …   Useful english dictionary

• hog-nut — n. Pig nut, broom hickory (Juglans glabra) …   New dictionary of synonyms

• pignut — /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; PIG1 + NUT] * * * …   Universalium

• pignut — pig•nut [[t]ˈpɪgˌnʌt[/t]] n. 1) pln the bitter nut of several hickories, esp. Carya glabra, of North America 2) pln any of these trees • Etymology: 1600–10 …   From formal English to slang

• List of plants by common name (Sonoran Desert) — This is a List of plants by common name (Sonoran Desert), for the Sonoran Desert and local environs; (S California, etc New Mexico, S, SW or Rio Grande Valley Northern Mexico states: Sonora, Chihuahua and Baja California, North and South, and… …   Wikipedia

• Hoffmannseggia glauca — Taxobox name = Pig nut image width = 220px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae genus = Hoffmannseggia species = H. glauca binomial = Hoffmannseggia glauca binomial authority =… …   Wikipedia

• Carya glabra — Pignut Pig nut (p[i^]g n[u^]t), n. (Bot.) (a) See {Groundnut} (d) . (b) The bitter flavored nut of a species of hickory ({Carya glabra} syn. {Carya porcina}); also, the tree itself. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English