01 n. An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the Carya alba, and has a very rough bark; it aff…
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An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the Carya alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the Carya glabra. The swamp hickory is Carya amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter.(Bot.)
Phrases & compounds
Hickory shad —
The mattowacca, or fall herring.