n. 1. (Bot.), A smooth-barked North American hickory (Carya tomentosa) with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut.
Syn. -- mockernut hickory, black hickory, white-heart hickory, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa . [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The fruit of the mockernut{ 1 }. [ PJC ]