pignut
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɪɡnʌt/
Noun
pignut (plural pignuts)
- The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
- I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow;
- And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts;
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Judgement of Dungara’, Black and White, Folio Society 2004, vol. 1, p. 382:
- Justus partially overcame their scruples against work, and taught them that the black earth was rich in other produce than pignuts only.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
- (US) Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut.
- Simmondsia chinensis, jojoba.
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