Definition of Carya laciniosa

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

Exact synonyms: Big Shagbark, Big Shellbark, Big Shellbark Hickory, King Nut, King Nut Hickory
Terms within: Hickory Nut
Group relationships: Carya, Genus Carya
Generic synonyms: Hickory, Hickory Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carya Laciniosa

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
Caryota urens
Carys
Casablanca

Literary usage of Carya laciniosa

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

1. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"carya laciniosa, (Michaux f.) London. FORK—In general it Is the same as the Shell-bark (Carya ovata) except that It does not attain so large a diameter. ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"P carya laciniosa (Michx.f.) Loud. Shellbark hickory Deciduous tree Moist, rich bottomlands and slopes. ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"P carya laciniosa (Michx.f.) Loud. Shellbark hickory Deciduous tree Moist, rich bottomlands and slopes. ..."

4. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"carya laciniosa. KING-NUT. The largest of the hickory nuts. Carya glabra. HICKORY. Young twigs used for coarse brooms. BETULACEAE. Corylus Americana. ..."

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