pignut

Either of two hickory trees (Carya glabra or C. ovalis) of the eastern United States, having nuts with somewhat bitter kernels.

The nut of either of these trees.

Same as hawknut.

The fruit of a North American tree, the brown hickory, Hicoria glabra (Carya porcina); also, the tree itself.

The fruit of Omphalea triandra and O. diandra, of the West Indies and South America.

See groundnut (d).

The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya glabra syn. Carya porcina); also, the tree itself.

The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe.