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hickory nut

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Noun1.hickory nuthickory nut - small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories
edible nut - a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell
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 ovata, shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory - North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts


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In the midst of this growing and important stress the broker became suddenly aware of a high-rolled fringe of golden hair under a nodding canopy of velvet and ostrich tips, an imitation sealskin sacque and a string of beads as large as hickory nuts, ending near the floor with a silver heart.
 
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