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Definition of Hognut
1. n. The pignut.
Definition of Hognut
1. Noun. (American English) The pignut or hickory. ¹
2. Noun. (U.K.) ''Bunium flexuosum'', a tuberous plant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hognut
1. a hickory nut [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hognut
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hognut
Literary usage of Hognut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"The hognut-Tree. Eastern North-America, reaching Canada and Florida. Often to 80
feet high ; sometimes over 100, with a circumference of 12 feet at 5 feet ..."
2. The Nut Culturist: A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting and Cultivation by Andrew Samuel Fuller (1896)
"... (Olea Americana), but the fruit of this and other closely allied plants of
the same family are not "yellow " when ripe, but purple. PIGNUT, OK hognut ..."
3. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
""This species is generally known in the United States by the name of Pignut and
hognut hickory, sometimes also by that of Broom hickory. ..."
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