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1. (n.) hickory
any North American tree of the genus Carya, of the walnut family: some bear edible nuts or yield a valuable wood.
2. hickory
the wood of any of these trees.
3. hickory
a switch or stick of this wood.
Etymology: (1670–80; earlier pohickery < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.) pocohiquara a milky drink prepared from hickory nuts)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hickory
valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
2. (noun) hickory, hickory tree
American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
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1. (noun) Hickory
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
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