Thesaurus: hickory

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1. n. 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.
2. n. valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
3. n. American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
4. 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. (Zoöl.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad.
5. An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are severalspecies. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; itaffords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory,is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whoseshell is very thin and the kernel bitter. Hickory shad. (Zoöl.) (a)The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad.
6. n:100 n. valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees n. American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts