Definition of Carya glabra

1. Noun. An American hickory tree having bitter nuts.

Exact synonyms: Black Hickory, Brown Hickory, Pignut, Pignut Hickory
Group relationships: Carya, Genus Carya
Generic synonyms: Hickory, Hickory Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carya Glabra

Carthusians
Cartier
Cartman
Cartwright
Carum
Carum carvi
Carus' circle
Carus' curve
Caruso
Carvallo's sign
Cary
Cary Grant
Carya
Carya aquatica
Carya cordiformis
Carya glabra
Carya illinoensis
Carya illinoinsis
Carya laciniosa
Carya myristicaeformis
Carya myristiciformis
Carya ovata
Carya tomentosa
Caryocar
Caryocar nuciferum
Caryocaraceae
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllidae
Caryota

Literary usage of Carya glabra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... mockernut (Carya alba), pignut (carya glabra), and water-hickory (Carya aquatica), commercial nursery propagation is practically all upon pecan stocks. ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1901)
"Macbride from Allamakee and Johnson counties; and Mr. Gow reports carya glabra Torrey (which is a synonym of the above species) from Adair county, ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"P carya glabra (P.Mill.) Sweet Pignut hickory Deciduous tree Upland woods, dry ridge tops and slopes. ..."

4. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1858)
"Then we are favored with " two figures of the Walnut," but which are so unfortunate as to suggest to me our pignut (carya glabra), and certainly giving one ..."

5. Trees in Winter: Their Study, Planting, Care and Identification by Albert Francis Blakeslee, Chester Deacon Jarvis (1913)
"... falling and exposing downy scales beneath; twigs smooth, comparatively slender; bark not at all or but slightly shaggy Pignut (carya glabra) p.272 102. ..."

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