carya tomentosa

2 definitions found

carya tomentosa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  mockernut \mockernut\, mocker nut \mocker nut\n.
     1. (Bot.), A smooth-barked North American hickory (Carya  tomentosa
        ) with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled
        edible nut, which is far inferior to the true shagbark
        hickory nut.
  
     Syn: mockernut hickory, black hickory, white-heart hickory,
          big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa .
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. The fruit of the mockernut[1].
        [PJC]

carya tomentosa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Carya tomentosa
      n 1: smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets
           bearing a hard-shelled edible nut [syn: mockernut,
           mockernut hickory, black hickory, white-heart hickory
           , big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa]