HICKORY
\hˈɪkəɹˌi], \hˈɪkəɹˌi], \h_ˈɪ_k_ə_ɹ_ˌi]\
Definitions of HICKORY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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The name of several American trees of the genus Carya; Order, Juglandaceae. The leaves are usually aromatic; and are reputed to be antispasmodic[?]. The bark of those species that have bitter nuts, as Carya amara and C. porcina, is somewhat astringent. Some of them bear fruit that is much esteemed, as Carya olivaeformis, Pecan or Peccan nut, and C. sulcatu, Shellbark.
By Robley Dunglison
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