mockernut hickory

Questions about mockernut hickory

What does mockernut hickory mean?

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

What is another word for mockernut hickory?

Close synonyms include mockernut, 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 hickory a common word?

mockernut hickory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.