the small brown triangular edible nut of the beech tree
See also beechmast
beechnut in American English
(ˈbitʃˌnʌt)
noun
the small, three-cornered, edible nut of the beech tree
beechnut in American English
(ˈbitʃˌnʌt)
noun
the small, triangular, edible nut of the beech
Word origin
[1730–40; beech + nut]This word is first recorded in the period 1730–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: canteen, chenille, humbug, modernism, optimism