mockernut

[ mok-er-nuht ]

/ ˈmɒk ərˌnʌt /

a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.

the nut itself.

Also called mockernut hickory.

Origin of mockernut

1795–1805, Americanism; apparently mocker + nut

The pignut and the mockernut hickories are found in the southern hardwood belt along Lake Erie.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting |Northern Nut Growers Association
I should reply that the chestnut leads the list, followed closely by the mockernut hickory.

Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 |Various
Mockernut leaves are large, downy, yellow-green, turning to gold in autumn.

Trees Worth Knowing |Julia Ellen Rogers
The superior size of the fruit and the smallness of the kernel probably give rise to the common name, "mockernut."

Handbook of the Trees of New England |Lorin Low Dame

The mockernut is the hickory-nut with a dark, brownish-colored shell, hard and thick and not easily cracked.

On the Trail |Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard

mockernut

/ (ˈmɒkəˌnʌt) /

Also called: black hickory a species of smooth-barked hickory, Carya tomentosa, with fragrant foliage that turns bright yellow in autumn

the nut of this tree

so called because the nut is difficult to extract