English

the trunk of a mature shagbark

Noun

shagbark ‎(plural shagbarks)

1. A North-American hickory (Carya ovata) that has shaggy bark in mature trees; shagbark hickory
   • 1990 January 19, James Krohe Jr., “Green Streets”, in Chicago Reader:

     Trees such as the pin oak, the shagbark hickory, the linden, and the sugar maple are the arboreal equivalent of the high school student council.

   • 1997 November 28, Cara Jepsen, “Days of the Week”, in Chicago Reader:

     They thought he was strong, tough, and resilient--just like the wood of the shagbark hickory tree, which is used to make athletic equipment today.

   • 1851, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers:

     The face of the country is exceedingly beautiful, the soil fertile, and bearing oaks and shagbark hickory.

2. A West Indian leguminous tree, Pithecellobium micradenium.

See also

• Carya ovata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carya ovata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pithecellobium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pithecellobium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies