shellbark Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
    Carya ovata; shagbark hickory; shellbark hickory; shagbark.

WordNet


Shell"bark` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.

Webster 1913