mockernut
- noun
- /ˈmɒkərnʌt/
- US
:
nuez de mockernut
- In the forest, the large mockernut hickory provided shade for picnickers on warm summer days.
- mockernut hickory
Examples
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During the fall, I collected mockernut nuts from the ground to use in my baking.
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Her home was surrounded by oak, cypress, and mockernut hickory trees, all draped heavily in Spanish moss.
Fiction book (2001) -
The wood from a mockernut hickory is prized for its strength and is often used in furniture making.
Synonyms
A North American tree with smooth bark, leaves that have seven to nine leaflets, and hard nuts you can eat
A North American hickory tree with hard wood and hard-shelled edible nuts
A tree from North America with smooth bark and hard edible nuts
A North American tree with smooth bark and hard edible nuts
Compounds
A North American tree with smooth bark, leaves that have seven to nine leaflets, and hard nuts you can eat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mockernut comes from the simple parts mock and nut, where mock means 'to make fun of', and a helpful way to remember it is that the nut's very hard shell seems to 'mock' anyone who tries to crack it. So the name fits the hickory tree, which has a hard-shelled nut you can eat.
