hickory
noun
Simple meaning
Any of different deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
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Definition
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noun
Valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
countable
Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
uncountable
The wood of these trees.
countablegolfinformal
A club with a head made from hickory wood.
A coarse, durable cotton fabric.
A number of places in the United States
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C1 · Advanced (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
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Small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories.
A small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales.
Smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut.
Hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut.
Hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts.
Hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts.
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