pignut : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pignut	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pignut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pignut n an American hickory tree having bitter nuts [syn: pignut, pignut hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, Carya glabra]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pignut \Pig"nut\, n. (Bot.) (a) See {Groundnut} (d) . (b) The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory ({Carya glabra, [or] porcina}); also, the tree itself.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Groundnut \Ground"nut`\ (-n[ucr]t`), n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the {Arachis hypog[91]a} (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut. (b) A leguminous, twining plant ({Apios tuberosa}), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. (c) The dwarf ginseng ({Aralia trifolia}). [U. S.] --Gray. (d) A European plant of the genus {Bunium} ({B. flexuosum}), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also {earthnut}, {earth chestnut}, {hawknut}, and {pignut}. [1913 Webster]