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ˈmocker-nut U.S.
The fruit of the North American White-heart Hickory, Carya tomentosa. Also, the tree itself.
1814F. Pursh Flora Americæ Septentrionalis II. 638 Juglans tomentosa... This is known under the name of Mocker Nut, White-heart Hickory or Common Hickory. 1832D. J. Browne Sylva Amer. 187 In the part of New Jersey which lies on the river Hudson, this species is known by the name of Mockernut Hickory. 1846–50A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 491 Mocker-nut Hickory. 1859J. G. Cooper in Ann. Rep. Smithson. Inst. 255 Carya tomentosa Nutt., Mocker-nut. 1860Gray Man. Bot. North. U.S. 402 Mocker-nut. White-heart Hickory. 1926E. M. Roberts Time of Man 364, I see you dance under the mockernut tree. 1947Collingwood & Brush Knowing your Trees 152/1 Attaining maturity at 250 to 300 years, mockernut hickory sometimes reaches a height of ninety or a hundred feet. 1969T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 98/2 The mockernut..forms a handsome specimen that grows up to 90 feet high with a trunk up to 3 feet in diameter... Its nuts have thick, hard shells that contain a very small amount of sweet meat. |