pignut
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɪɡnʌt/
Noun
pignut (plural pignuts)
- The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- 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”, in Black and White, volume 1, Folio Society, published 2004, page 382:
- Justus partially overcame their scruples against work, and taught them that the black earth was rich in other produce than pignuts only.
- (US) Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut.
- Simmondsia chinensis, jojoba.
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