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buffalo nut

DEFINITIONS OF: buffalo nut

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n shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes

Synonyms:
Pyrularia pubera, rabbitwood
Type of:
parasitic plant
plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it

n oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood

Synonyms:
elk nut, oil nut
Type of:
fruit
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
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