bitternut

/bit-er-nuht/US // ˈbɪt ərˌnʌt //UK // (ˈbɪtəˌnʌt) //

苦瓜,苦瓜籽,苦杏仁,苦苣苔

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a hickory, Carya cordiformis, of the eastern and southern U.S., bearing a smooth, gray, bitter seed.

None of them that I have tried to graft will live on bitternut roots.
The farm was covered with butternut trees, hazel bushes, and a wild hickory called "bitternut."
The Weschcke hickory makes a tremendous growth grafted on bitternut hickory (Carya Cordiformis).
I am now reconciled to using my native bitternut trees for most of my stock in spite of some disadvantages.
The bitternut (Hicoria minima) can be told from the mockernut and other species of hickory by its bud, which has no scales at all.