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SHAGBARK HICKORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shagbark hickory mean? 

SHAGBARK HICKORY (noun)
  The noun SHAGBARK HICKORY has 1 sense:

1. North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nutsplay

  Familiarity information: SHAGBARK HICKORY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHAGBARK HICKORY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Carya ovata; shagbark; shagbark hickory; shellbark; shellbark hickory

Hypernyms ("shagbark hickory" is a kind of...):

hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "shagbark hickory"):

hickory nut (small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories)

Holonyms ("shagbark hickory" is a member of...):

Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)


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