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hickory nut

noun hickory nuts

  1. One of the large edible nuts of the hickory tree. To break the shell of a hickory nut, you needed a hammer and an act of Congress, and even then you needed a screwdriver to get at the meat, which was about as tasty as a clod of limestone.

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noun nut of the hickory tree

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@misc{hickory_nut_2026,
  title = {hickory nut},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hickory%20nut},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}