Hickory
['hɪk(ə)rɪ] or ['hɪkəri]
Definition
(noun.) American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts.
(noun.) valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees.
Inputed by Jane--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typist: Merritt
Definition
n. a genus (Carva) of North American nut-bearing trees with heavy strong tenacious wood used for shafts of carriages handles of axes &c.
Inputed by Jeff
Examples
- Procure a quantity of the rough outside bark of what is known as scaly-bark hickory tree. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Then I came in with cracked hickory nuts, then pop-corn balls, and, finally, molasses candy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mrs. Shelby was seated in her comfortable parlor, where a cheerful hickory fire was dispelling the chill of the late autumn evening. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Theodore