mockernut

Other forms of mockernut

plural

mockernuts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mockernut

What does mockernut mean?

mockernut means "smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut".

How many syllables are in mockernut?

mockernut has 3 syllables: moc-ker-nut. The stress falls on "moc".

What is another word for mockernut?

Close synonyms include mockernut hickory, black hickory, white-heart hickory, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mockernut a common word?

mockernut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.