bitternut

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bitternut

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From bitter + nut.

noun bitternuts

The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
Its fruit, a bitter nut sometimes used as feed for livestock.

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@misc{bitternut_2026,
  title = {bitternut},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bitternut},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}