bitternut
1. [ noun ] (botany) hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
Synonyms: bitter_hickory bitter_pignut swamp_hickory Carya_cordiformis bitternut_hickory
Related terms: hickory Carya
Similar spelling:   bittern
  butternut
  Bitterman
  bitterness
  Biederman
  bitter_end