mockernut
/mok-er-nuht/US // ˈmɒk ərˌnʌt //UK // (ˈmɒkəˌnʌt) //
嘲讽,坚果,讥讽的人,讥讽的说
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.
- : the nut itself.
Examples
The pignut and the mockernut hickories are found in the southern hardwood belt along Lake Erie.
Note: Mr. Stoke showed the group a picture of a mockernut tree in one of his fields which he had girdled to kill it.
The mockernut is the hickory-nut with a dark, brownish-colored shell, hard and thick and not easily cracked.
The bitternut (Hicoria minima) can be told from the mockernut and other species of hickory by its bud, which has no scales at all.
Soil and location: The mockernut hickory grows on a great variety of soils, but prefers one which is rich and well-drained.
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