Mockernut

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mockernut \mockernut\, mocker nut \mocker nut\n.
     1. (Bot.), A smooth-barked North American hickory ({Carya
        tomentosa}) with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled
        edible nut, which is far inferior to the true shagbark
        hickory nut.
  


     Syn: mockernut hickory, black hickory, white-heart hickory,
          big-bud hickory, {Carya tomentosa} .
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. The fruit of the mockernut[1].
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mockernut
       n : smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets
           bearing a hard-shelled edible nut [syn: {mockernut
           hickory}, {black hickory}, {white-heart hickory}, {big-bud
           hickory}, {Carya tomentosa}]