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KING NUT HICKORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does king nut hickory mean?
• KING NUT HICKORY (noun)
The noun KING NUT HICKORY has 1 sense:
1. hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut
Familiarity information: KING NUT HICKORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
big shagbark; big shellbark; big shellbark hickory; Carya laciniosa; king nut; king nut hickory
Hypernyms ("king nut hickory" is a kind of...):
hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)
Meronyms (parts of "king nut hickory"):
hickory nut (small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories)
Holonyms ("king nut hickory" is a member of...):
Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)
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