Definition of Brown hickory

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brown Hickory

brown coal
brown creeper
brown cup
brown dwarf
brown dwarfs
brown dwarves
brown eye
brown eyes
brown fat
brown fat cell
brown goods
brown hairstreak
brown hairstreaks
brown hare
brown hares
brown hickory (current term)
brown hyena
brown hyenas
brown induration of the lung
brown jolly
brown lacewing
brown layer
brown lemming
brown lung
brown noser
brown nosers
brown oak
brown oedema
brown onion sauce
brown oriole

Literary usage of Brown hickory

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

1. The Woods of the United States by Charles Sprague Sargent, American Museum of Natural History (1885)
"brown hickory. Black Hickory. Switch-bud Hickory. Southern Maine to southern Ontario, southern Michigan and Minnesota to eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, ..."

2. Trade Foundations Based on Producing Industries (1919)
"... glabra) (brown hickory, black hickory, switch- bud hickory): Medium to large sized tree, abundant; all eastern United States. 131. ..."

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