hognut

hognut
/hawg"nut', hog"-/, n.
1. the nut of the brown hickory, Carya glabra.
2. the tree itself.
3. the pignut.
4. the earthnut, Conopodium denudatum, of Europe.
[1765-75; HOG + NUT]

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