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Definition of pignut

Pignut
Pignut Pig"nut, n. (Bot.) (a) See Groundnut (d) . (b) The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya glabra, or porcina); also, the tree itself.
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Groundnut Ground"nut` (-n[u^]t`), n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the Arachis hypog[ae]a (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut. (b) A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. (c) The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia). [U. S.] --Gray. (d) A European plant of the genus Bunium (B. flexuosum), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, earth chestnut, hawknut, and pignut. [1913 Webster]

Meaning of pignut from wikipedia

- Hognut or pignut can mean any of a number of unrelated plants: Bunium bulbocastanum (black ****in) or Conopodium majus (kippernut) of the Apiaceae rushpeas...
- Eastern United States and Canada. Other common names are pignut, sweet pignut, coast pignut hickory, smoothbark hickory, swamp hickory, and broom hickory...
- Hunting Pignut is a 2016 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Martine Blue. The film stars Taylor Hickson as Bernice, a young girl who sets off...
- Sarg. – scrub hickory Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet – pignut hickory, pignut, sweet pignut, coast pignut hickory, smoothbark hickory, swamp hickory, broom...
- a root vegetable in parts of western Europe, and has been called great pignut or earthnut. The plant is native to western Europe. It reaches about 60 cm...
- Pignut Mountain is a mountain in Rappahannock County, Virginia. It is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Its summit lies within Shenandoah National Park...
- Hickson pla**** the lead role in the independent dramatic film Hunting Pignut, based on a true story about a girl searching for a man. She also stars...
- Mating pair of spotted fritillaries on greater pignut...
- Tuberous root Amorphophallus galbra (yellow lily yam) Conopodium majus (pignut or earthnut) Dioscorea spp. (yams, ube) Dioscorea polystachya (nagaimo,...
- Carya ovalis, the red hickory or sweet pignut hickory, is a fairly uncommon but widespread hickory native to eastern North America. It is typically found...