bitternut

A noun referring to a type of hickory tree native to the eastern United States, characterized by leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and producing thin-shelled, very bitter nuts.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa una especie de nogal americano (hicoria) del este de Estados Unidos, con hojas de 7 u 9 folíolos y nueces de cáscara fina y sabor muy amargo.

1. A type of hickory tree C1 formal american

   A hickory tree native to the eastern United States, characterized by leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and producing thin-shelled nuts that are very bitter in taste.

   • The bitternut hickory is common in the forests of the eastern US.
   • Its nuts are too bitter for humans but are eaten by wildlife.
   • The leaves of the bitternut tree have 7 to 9 leaflets.

   🇪🇸Nogal amargo

   Sinónimos: bitternut hickory

• bitternuts plural form
• bitternuts' possessive plural form
• bitternut's possessive singular form