'mockernut' definitions:
Definition of 'mockernut'
From: WordNet
noun
Smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut [syn: mockernut, mockernut hickory, black hickory, white-heart hickory, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa]
Definition of 'mockernut'
From: 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]