Hickory

['hɪk(ə)rɪ] or ['hɪkəri]

解释:

(noun.) American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts.

(noun.) valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees.

简录入--From WordNet

解释:

(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.

录入:梅利特

解释:

n. a genus (Carva) of North American nut-bearing trees with heavy strong tenacious wood used for shafts of carriages handles of axes &c.

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