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Bitternut hickory   Listen
Bitternut hickory

noun
1.
Hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts.  Synonyms: bitter hickory, bitter pignut, bitternut, Carya cordiformis, swamp hickory.






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"Bitternut hickory" Quotes from Famous Books



... important, for although the pecan has been almost as hardy as any native tree (such as the bitternut hickory, the butternut and the black walnut), yet the length of season required for the maturing of nuts is a primary factor which would have to be considered in recommending pecans for planting this far north. However, it has been my observation that these ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting • Northern Nut Growers Association



Words linked to "Bitternut hickory" :   swamp hickory, genus Carya, hickory tree, Carya, Carya cordiformis, bitter hickory, bitter pignut, hickory



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