Lexic.us

Definition of Big shagbark

1. Noun. Hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Big Shagbark

Literary usage of Big shagbark

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

1. Trees that Every Child Should Know: Easy Tree Studies for All Seasons of the by Julia Ellen Rogers (1909)
"In winter the big shagbark trees show their orange-coloured twigs. They are peculiar to this one hickory. The leaf stems stay on the twigs after the leaves ..."

2. Trees that Every Child Should Know: Easy Tree Studies for All Seasons of the by Julia Ellen Rogers (1909)
"In winter the big shagbark trees show their orange-coloured twigs. They are peculiar to this one hickory. The leaf stems stay on the twigs after the leaves ..."

3. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"... far to the west as Lincoln county the water and willow oaks are found ; less frequently the Texas red oak, and in a few places the big shagbark hickory. ..."

4. The Forester's Manual: Or, The Forest Trees of Eastern North America by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"Bark hanging loose in long narrow strips; leaflets 7 to 9; twigs, orange; foliage, downy; nut, much larger, (2) big shagbark. Bark hanging loose in long ..."

5. The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore by Ernest Thompson Seton (1921)
"... larger, (2) big shagbark. Bark hanging loose in long narrow strips; leaflets 5 to 7; much like No. i, but nuts not ridged, (3) Small fruited Shagbark. ..."

6. Nut Culture in the United States: Embracing Native and Introduced Species by United States Division of Pomology, William P. Corsa (1896)
"... big shagbark, River Bottom Hickory, King Nut.) The bark on trees of this species resembles that of H. ovata, but the strips or flakes are very, ..."

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