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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
bitternut
 
SYLLABICATION:bit·ter·nut
PRONUNCIATION:  btr-nt
NOUN: A hickory tree (Carya cordiformis) of eastern North America, having thin-shelled nuts with bitter kernels.
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  bittern2 bitter orange  
 
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