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Webster 1913 Edition


Pignut

Pig′nut

(pĭg′nŭt)
,
Noun.
(Bot.)
(a)
See
Groundnut
(d)
.
(b)
The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (
Carya glabra
syn.
Carya porcina
); also, the tree itself.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pignut

PIG'NUT

,
Noun.
[pig and nut.] The ground nut, a plant of the genus Bunium; also, a tree and its fruit of the genus Juglans.

Definition 2024


pignut

pignut

English

Noun

pignut (plural pignuts)

  1. The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe.
    • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
      I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow;
      And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts;
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Judgement of Dungara’, Black and White, Folio Society 2004, vol. 1, p. 382:
      Justus partially overcame their scruples against work, and taught them that the black earth was rich in other produce than pignuts only.
  2. (US) Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut.

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