hickory

hick·o·ry  (hk-r)

n. pl. hick·o·ries

1. Any of several chiefly North American deciduous trees of the genus Carya, having smooth or shaggy bark, compound leaves, and hard smooth stones or nuts, each containing an edible seed and surrounded by a husk that splits into four valves.

2.

a. The hard, tough, heavy wood of such a tree.

b. A walking stick or switch made from such wood.

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[Short for Virginia Algonquian pocohiquara, drink made of pressed hickory nuts.]

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hickory [ˈhɪkərɪ]

n pl -ries

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any juglandaceous tree of the chiefly North American genus Carya, having nuts with edible kernels and hard smooth shells See also pecan, pignut [1] bitternut [1] shagbark

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the hard tough wood of any of these trees

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the nut of any of these trees

4. (Clothing & Fashion) a switch or cane made of hickory wood

[from earlier pohickery, from Algonquian pawcohiccora food made from ground hickory nuts]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hickory - valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees hickory tree, hickory - American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	hickory - American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts hickory tree Carya, genus Carya - genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China hickory - valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees bitter pecan, Carya aquatica, water bitternut, water hickory - hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts brown hickory, Carya glabra, pignut, pignut hickory, black hickory - an American hickory tree having bitter nuts bitter hickory, bitter pignut, bitternut, bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, swamp hickory - hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts big shagbark, big shellbark, big shellbark hickory, Carya laciniosa, king nut, king nut hickory - hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut Carya myristicaeformis, Carya myristiciformis, nutmeg hickory - hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard nutmeg-shaped nuts Carya ovata, shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory - North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts big-bud hickory, black hickory, Carya tomentosa, mockernut, mockernut hickory, white-heart hickory - smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut nut tree - tree bearing edible nuts

Translations

hickory [ˈhɪkərɪ] N → nuez f dura, nogal m americano

hickory

n (= tree) → Hickory(nussbaum) m; (= wood) → Hickory(holz) nt