"hickory nut" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hickory nuts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hickory nut (plural hickory nuts)
  1. One of the large edible nuts of the hickory tree. Categories (lifeform): Fagales order plants, Nuts Translations (nut of the hickory tree): bagimen (Abenaki), tri ohneku (Catawba), ᏐᎯ (sohi) (Cherokee), Hickorynuss (German), simin (Unami)

Inflected forms

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