Shagbark

  • 61shag|bark — «SHAG BAHRK», noun. 1. a kind of hickory tree of eastern North America whose rough outer bark peels off in long strips. 2. the nut of this tree. Shagbarks have fairly thin shells and are considered the best hickory nuts. 3. its wood. 4. =… …

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  • 62Carya alba — Shellbark Shell bark , n. (Bot.) A species of hickory ({Carya alba}) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 63Carya alba — Hickory 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.… …

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  • 64Carya amara — Hickory 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.… …

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  • 65Carya glabra — Hickory 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.… …

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  • 66Carya tomentosa — mockernut mockernut, mocker nut mocker nut . 1. (Bot.), A smooth barked North American hickory ({Carya tomentosa}) with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard shelled edible nut, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut. Syn: mockernut… …

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  • 67Carya tomentosa — mockernut mockernut, mocker nut mocker nut . 1. (Bot.), A smooth barked North American hickory ({Carya tomentosa}) with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard shelled edible nut, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut. Syn: mockernut… …

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  • 68Hickory — 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 …

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  • 69Hickory shad — Hickory 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.… …

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  • 70mocker nut — mockernut mockernut, mocker nut mocker nut . 1. (Bot.), A smooth barked North American hickory ({Carya tomentosa}) with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard shelled edible nut, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut. Syn: mockernut… …

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