1. the edible tuber of a North American plant that grows underground
2. a North American plant with compound leaves that produces edible underground tubers
Usage: botanical
3. the bitter nut of the pignut hickory tree

Examples

• The children dug up pignuts from the forest floor.
• Native Americans traditionally harvested pignuts as a food source.
• The pignut plant blooms with small white flowers in spring.
• Pignut hickory trees produce nuts that are too bitter for most people to eat.
• She found several pignuts while foraging in the woods.
• The pignut’s tuber can be eaten raw or cooked.