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PRONUNCIATION OF PIGNUT

pignut  [ˈpɪɡˌnʌt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIGNUT

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determiner
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Pignut is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PIGNUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hognut

Hognut or pignut can mean any of a number of unrelated plants: ▪ Bunium bulbocastanum or Conopodium majus of the Apiaceae ▪ rushpeas, particularly Hoffmannseggia glauca and Hoffmannseggia densiflora, of the Fabaceae ▪ Carya glabra of the Juglandaceae ▪ Hyptis suaveolens of the Lamiaceae...

Definition of pignut in the English dictionary

The first definition of pignut in the dictionary is Also called: hognut the bitter nut of any of several North American hickory trees, esp Carya glabra. Other definition of pignut is the bitter nut of any of several North American hickory trees, esp Carya glabra. Pignut is also any of the trees bearing such a nut.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIGNUT


beechnut
ˈbiːtʃˌnʌt
bitternut
ˈbɪtəˌnʌt
bladdernut
ˈblædəˌnʌt
breadnut
ˈbrɛdˌnʌt
butternut
ˈbʌtəˌnʌt
candlenut
ˈkændəlˌnʌt
chestnut
ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt
cobnut
ˈkɒbˌnʌt
cocoanut
ˈkəʊkəˌnʌt
coconut
ˈkəʊkəˌnʌt
earthnut
ˈɜːθˌnʌt
gallnut
ˈɡɔːlˌnʌt
groundnut
ˈɡraʊndˌnʌt
hazelnut
ˈheɪzəlˌnʌt
hognut
ˈhɒɡˌnʌt
locknut
ˈlɒkˌnʌt
mockernut
ˈmɒkəˌnʌt
oilnut
ˈɔɪlˌnʌt
peanut
ˈpiːˌnʌt
walnut
ˈwɔːlˌnʌt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIGNUT

pigmentary
pigmentation
pigmented
pigmies
pigmoid
Pigmy
pigmy hippopotamus
pignolia
pignoration
pignus
Pigouvian tax
pigpen
pigs
pigskin
pigsney
pigstick
pigsticker
pigsticking
pigsties
pigsty

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIGNUT

betel nut
black walnut
brazil nut
cashew nut
castle nut
Chinese water chestnut
Cnut
donut
doughnut
horse chestnut
Knut
kola nut
macadamia nut
nut
off one´s nut
pine nut
sweet chestnut
water chestnut
white walnut
wing nut

Synonyms and antonyms of pignut in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pignut» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIGNUT

Find out the translation of pignut to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pignut from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pignut» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

花生米
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pignut
570 millions of speakers

English

pignut
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pignut
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pignut
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

земляной каштан
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pignut
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pignut
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pignut
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pignut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pignut
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒッコリーの木
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pignut
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pignut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pignut
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pignut
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पृष्ठभाग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Amerikaya özgü küçük ceviz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pignut
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pignut
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

земляний каштан
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pignut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Λεπτοκαρυά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pignut
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pignut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pignut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pignut

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIGNUT»

The term «pignut» is normally little used and occupies the 133.506 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIGNUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pignut» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pignut» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pignut

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIGNUT»

Discover the use of pignut in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pignut and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ecology and Management of Central Hardwood Forests
Carya glabra (Pignut Hickory) GeneraL Pignut hickory is a widely distributed species in the "true" hickory subgenus. Wood is used for tool handles, fuel wood, and other products, while nuts are an important source of wildlife food. Distribution ...
Ray R. Hicks, 1998
2
Identifying Trees: An All-season Guide to Eastern North America
Pignut Hickory, Carya glabra Broom Hickory, Coast Pignut Hickory, Pignut, Smoothbark Hickory, Swamp Hickory Pignut Hickory often grows to heights of 80 to 90 feet (24.4 to 27.4 m) and occasionally reaches 120 feet (36.6 m) tall, with mature ...
Michael D. Williams (forester.), 2007
3
Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Attracting Birds
Pignut hickory is a handsome tree, 50 to 70 feet tall. When grown in the open, it makes a fine shade tree with an oblong crown. Squirrels and chipmunks eat the nuts, as do northern bobwhite, ring-necked pheasant, and wild turkey. Bark.
Richard M. DeGraaf, 2002
4
Social Indicators
Juglandaceae Walnut family Glendon W. Smalley Pignut hickory (Carya glabra) is a common but not abundant species in the oak-hickory forest association in Eastern United States. Other common names are pignut, sweet pignut, coast pignut ...
‎1990
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Native Trees of the Midwest: Identification, Wildlife ...
Carya glabra (Miller) Sweet Family: Juglandaceae Pignut hickory is a common tree throughout most of the Midwest. It is a major component of the oak-hickory forests of the Central Hardwoods Region. Pioneers called pignut “broom hickory”  ...
Sally S. Weeks, Harmon Patrick Weeks, George R. Parker, 2010
6
The Historian: Six Fantasies of the American Experience
The historian picked up the watch and the pignut and displayed them to his scholars. "Which might fairly be deemed an emblem of History?" "The watch," said Cramer tonelessly, the question too obvious to reflect much glory on the respondent.
Eugene K. Garber, 1995
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Soil Survey Reports
On the rough sfony mountain slopes red oak predominates ; but post oak, blackjack oak, Virginia pine, mockernut hickory, pignut hickory, redcedar, black locust, and dogwood are abundant over the limestone, and Virginia pine, mockernut ...
‎1942
8
Soil survey
On Bodine cherty silt loam (including the steep phase), the trees in the 4-inch and up d. b. h. class ranked as follows: White oak, black oak, scarlet oak, post oak, southern red oak, sourwood, pignut hickory, chestnut oak, northern red oak, white  ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1946
9
ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF TREES: Revised Edition
The wood is heavy, hard, tough, and strong. It resembles that of the shagbark hickory and is used in the same ways. The pignut makes a very good ornamental tree, but it is difficult to transplant. The nuts are often bitter and are scarcely edible .
William Carey Grimm, 2002
10
The Trees of Florida: A Reference and Field Guide
Pignut Hickory Carya glabra (Miller) Sweet Color Photo 319 Origin: Native Form: Small to large monoecious deciduous tree, 25–40 m tall; bark with an interlacing, criss-crossing, diamondlike pattern typical of hickories; terminal buds more or ...
Gil Nelson, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIGNUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pignut is used in the context of the following news items.
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Keep an eye out for butterflies fluttering by as count continues
The flowers in the meadow behind Chapel Lands in Alnwick on June 23, included common knapweed, pignut and hogweed. Readers are ... «Northumberland Gazette, Jul 15»
2
A pensive farewell to July
In three weeks the hunting season will begin and squirrels will again come to the shagbark and pignut hickories. There will be a dwindling ... «Ledger Independent, Jul 15»
3
Country mouse considers the danger of giant hogweed
... of which giant hogweed is a member, has edible plants such as angelica, coriander, fennel, pennywort, pignut and sweet cicely on one side, ... «Country Life, Jul 15»
4
Observations about this season
I expect a good normal August squirrel season when hunters target shagbark and pignut hickories. It will be a long August phase because the ... «Ledger Independent, Jul 15»
5
Withered charm of the bird's nest orchid
... we found them: two magnificent flower spikes surrounded by speedwells, pignut and meadow cranesbill, an association almost as unlikely as ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Loudoun County and Fauquier County home sales
Pignut Mountain Dr., 6000-Burrell M. Spindel to John V. Brower, $450,000. Riley Rd., 7391-David Wilfong to Jon F. Roberts, $309,000. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
7
Travel: A wild family adventure in Lochaber
It turned out to be pignut, a plant that has, at its root, a kind of nutty swelling which I and my eight-year-old chewed on. On the beach we grazed ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
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Language as a weapon, Part 5
Perhaps "mewly, milk-livered maggot-pie" would please thee more, or "puking, pox-marked pignut." Try "surly, swag-bellied scut." (A scut, by ... «Huntsville Item, Jul 15»
9
Charmingly random, informal joy
... from the white Mount Everest allium to aquilegias, the delicate pignut and dazzling yellow Lilium pyrenaicum continue to bloom until the meadow is cut for hay. «The Northern Echo, Jun 15»
10
'That's a trick question. I'm a fecking writer, give me a break'
“Nah,” he says looking blank, “nothing to do with Pignut, I just spotted a gap in the market.” 2.40am. “Now,” I say, it might help if you “think of a ... «Irish Examiner, Jun 15»

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