Associations to the word «Mockernut»

Wiktionary

MOCKERNUT, noun. A common North American hickory bearing large nuts with only a small part that's edible, Carya tomentosa

Dictionary definition

MOCKERNUT, noun. Smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King