Pignus vs Pignut - What's the difference?
pignus | pignut |
The edible tuber of , native to western Europe.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Judgement of Dungara’, Black and White , Folio Society 2004, vol. 1, p. 382:
(US) Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut.
As nouns the difference between pignus and pignut
is that pignus is (legal|obsolete|ancient rome) a pledge or pawn while pignut is the edible tuber of , native to western europe.pignut
English
(wikipedia pignut)Noun
(en noun)- I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow;
- And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts ;
- Justus partially overcame their scruples against work, and taught them that the black earth was rich in other produce than pignuts only.