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.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma espécie de nogueira-pecã (Carya cordiformis) nativa do leste dos Estados Unidos, com folhas de 7 ou 9 folíolos e nozes de casca fina e muito amargas.

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.

   🇵🇹nogueira-amarga

   Sinônimos: bitternut hickory

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• bitternut's possessive singular form