hognut
A folk name used in different regions for several unrelated plants whose seeds or roots were associated with hog forage.
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A folk name used in different regions for several unrelated plants whose seeds or roots were associated with hog forage. In parts of America it refers to the pignut hickory (Carya glabra); in Britain it can mean black cumin (Nigella sativa) or the edible root of hogweed. The name signals a plant considered food for pigs rather than people, though many are edible by humans too.
The old farmer scattered hognut seed along the hedgerow, knowing the pigs would root it up come autumn.
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Black cumin of family . ().
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(US) A pignut or hickory tree ( of family ).
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(UK) A tuberous plant of family ().
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