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bitternut

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bit⋅ter⋅nut

  [bit-er-nuht]
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–noun
a hickory, Carya cordiformis, of the eastern and southern U.S., bearing a smooth, gray, bitter seed.
Origin:
1800–10, Americanism; bitter + nut
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bit·ter·nut   (bĭt'ər-nŭt')   
n.  A hickory tree (Carya cordiformis) of eastern North America, having thin-shelled nuts with bitter kernels.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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