Pignutとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪɡnʌt/

名詞

pignut (複数形 pignuts)

1. The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe.
   • 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]:

     I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow;
     And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts;

   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Judgement of Dungara’, Black and White, Folio Society 2004, vol. 1, p. 382:

     Justus partially overcame their scruples against work, and taught them that the black earth was rich in other produce than pignuts only.

2. (US) Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut.
3. Simmondsia chinensis, jojoba.