Definition of "beechnut" []

• The small, three-angled nut of a beech tree. (noun)

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• "There is also the fact that the beechnut is the slowest growing of all the common nut trees, requiring from twenty to thirty years to come into bearing as a seedling."
• "Thanks to local and state governments, our tax money gets allocated to whomever beechnut sees fit."
• "Some of the girls complained about the gray uniforms we had to wear, but I liked the way they leveled out the differences between those who could afford fancy store-bought clothes and those of us, like me, who had only home-dyed beechnut brown dresses."