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Definition of Hickory
1. Noun. Valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees.
2. Noun. American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts.
Group relationships: Carya, Genus Carya
Specialized synonyms: Bitter Pecan, Carya Aquatica, Water Bitternut, Water Hickory, Black Hickory, Brown Hickory, Carya Glabra, Pignut, Pignut Hickory, Bitter Hickory, Bitter Pignut, Bitternut, Bitternut Hickory, Carya Cordiformis, Swamp Hickory, Big Shagbark, Big Shellbark, Big Shellbark Hickory, Carya Laciniosa, King Nut, King Nut Hickory, Carya Myristicaeformis, Carya Myristiciformis, Nutmeg Hickory, Carya Ovata, Shagbark, Shagbark Hickory, Shellbark, Shellbark Hickory, Big-bud Hickory, Black Hickory, Carya Tomentosa, Mockernut, Mockernut Hickory, White-heart Hickory
Generic synonyms: Nut Tree
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. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood. ¹
2. Noun. Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genus ''Carya'' or ''Annamocarya''. ¹
3. Noun. The wood of this tree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hickory
1. a hardwood tree [n -RIES]
Medical Definition of Hickory
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hickory
Literary usage of Hickory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Old hickory—contd. 1831 " The anti-Kemble Jacksonians of the Fourth Ward," Troy
... 1836 Old hickory would not get out of the way.. . .to run over issued a ..."
2. A Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the United States of by Daniel Haskel, John Calvin Smith (1843)
"NE Columbus, 292 W. hickory CORNERS, po., Lockport L, Niagara со., NY, 280 w.
... Frankfort, 688 W. hickory FORK, po., Gloucester со., Va., 78 t Richmond, ..."
3. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"In fact, the writer has been unable to find any published account of witches-brooms
on hickory trees. The writer, himself, has occasionally observed M. ..."
4. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"hickory, and Nutmeg hickory. The three first-named species bear the nearest ...
The various species of hickory diner very greatly from the black walnut and ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"at some intermediate point, and did defendant transport same to hickory, NO, and
deliver same to the consignee, the plaintiff, upon payment by plaintiff of ..."
6. Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States: Their Names and Ranges by George Bishop Sudworth (1898)
"White Walnut (NJ); Walnut (Vt., NY); White hickory (Iowa, ... Pignut (hickory).
CARYA PORCINA Nutt. RANGE.—Southern Maine and southern Ontario to Florida ..."
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