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Definition of Bitter pignut
1. Noun. Hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts.
Group relationships: Carya, Genus Carya
Generic synonyms: Hickory, Hickory Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bitter Pignut
Literary usage of Bitter pignut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"In moist woods and swamps, Quebec to southern Ontario, •- • ••• brown ; weight
per cubic foot 47 Ibs. bitter pignut. Bitter or pig-hickory. May-June. ..."
2. Carpentry and Woodwork by Edwin W. Foster (1911)
"The nuts of the various species vary greatly, from the bitter pignut to the
popular pecan. Ash.— Several American species, all bearing wood which is ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"In moist woods and swamps, Quebec to southern Ontario, •- • ••• brown ; weight
per cubic foot 47 Ibs. bitter pignut. Bitter or pig-hickory. May-June. ..."
4. Carpentry and Woodwork by Edwin W. Foster (1911)
"The nuts of the various species vary greatly, from the bitter pignut to the
popular pecan. Ash.— Several American species, all bearing wood which is ..."
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