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SHELLBARK HICKORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shellbark hickory mean?
• SHELLBARK HICKORY (noun)
The noun SHELLBARK HICKORY has 1 sense:
1. North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
Familiarity information: SHELLBARK HICKORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("shellbark hickory" is a kind of...):
hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)
Meronyms (parts of "shellbark hickory"):
hickory nut (small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories)
Holonyms ("shellbark hickory" is a member of...):
Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)
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