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Hickory
Hick′o-ry
,Noun.
[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.” J. H. Trumbull.
] (Bot.)
An American tree of the genus
Carya
, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the Carya alba
, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the Carya glabra
. The swamp hickory is Carya amara
, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter. Hickory shad
. (Zool.)
(a)
The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b)
The gizzard shad.
Definition 2024
hickory
hickory
English
hickory tree at Morton Arboretum
Alternative forms
Adjective
hickory (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood.
Noun
hickory (plural hickories)
- Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genus Carya or Annamocarya.
- (uncountable) The wood of these trees.
Translations
tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya
Derived terms
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References
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↑ 1975, Nicholas Hook, History of the English language: Here are early spellings recorded in America: 1608 — pawcohiccora
1618 — pockerchicory
1634 — pokickery
1653 — pohickery
1671 — hickery
1705 — hiccory
1792 — hickory