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Hickory
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What's The Definition Of Hickory?
[n] American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
[n] valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees Synonyms | Synonyms for Hickory: hickory tree Related Terms | Find terms related to Hickory: See Also | big shagbark | big shellbark | big shellbark hickory | big-bud hickory | bitter hickory | bitter pecan | bitter pignut | bitternut | bitternut hickory | black hickory | brown hickory | Carya | Carya aquatica | Carya cordiformis | Carya glabra | Carya laciniosa | Carya myristicaeformis | Carya myristiciformis | Carya ovata | Carya tomentosa | genus Carya | hickory | king nut | king nut hickory | mockernut | mockernut hickory | nut tree | nutmeg hickory | pignut | pignut hickory | shagbark | shagbark hickory | shellbark | shellbark hickory | swamp hickory | water bitternut | water hickory | white-heart hickory | wood Hickory In Webster's Dictionary \Hick"o*ry\, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora
(Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from
pounded hickory nuts. ``Pohickory'' is named in a list of
Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to
``hickory.'' --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.)
An American tree of the genus {Carya}, of which there are
several species. The shagbark is the {C. alba}, and has a
very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets.
The pignut, or brown hickory, is the {C. glabra}. The swamp
hickory is {C. amara}, having a nut whose shell is very thin
and the kernel bitter.
{Hickory shad}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b) The gizzard shad.
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