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Noun: buffalo nut  'bú-fu,low nút
  1. Oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood
    - elk nut, oil nut
     
  2. Shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes
    - rabbitwood, Pyrularia pubera

Derived forms: buffalo nut, buffalo nuts

Type of: fruit, parasitic plant

Part of: genus Pyrularia, Pyrularia

Encyclopedia: Buffalo nut