Definition of Hickory

1. Noun. Valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees.

Substance meronyms: Hickory Tree
Generic synonyms: Wood

2. Noun. American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts.

Definition of Hickory

1. n. An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter.

Definition of Hickory

1. a hardwood tree [n -RIES]

Medical Definition of Hickory

1. An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. Alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. Glabra. The swamp hickory is C. Amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter. Hickory shad. The mattowacca, or fall herring. The gizzard shad. Origin: North American Indian pawcohiccora (Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from pounded hickory nuts. "Pohickory" is named in a list of Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to "hickory.". Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hickory

hiccupped
hiccupping
hiccups
hiccups
hiccupy
hiccup nut
hick
hickey
hickeys
hickie
hickies
hickish
Hickock
hickories
hickory (current term)
hickory (current term)
hickory nut
hickory pine
hickory tree
hicks
hickwall
hickwalls
hickway
hid
HIDA
hidable
hidage
hidages
hidalga
hidalgas

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