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mock•er•nut
(mok′ər nut′),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologya North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.
- Plant Biologythe nut itself. Also called mock′ernut hick′ory.
- apparently mocker + nut 1795–1805, American.