hickory : Idioms & Phrases

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big shellbark hickory

  • noun hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut
    big shellbark hickory; Carya laciniosa; big shellbark; king nut; big shagbark.
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big-bud hickory

  • noun smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
    black hickory; Carya tomentosa; big-bud hickory; mockernut; mockernut hickory.
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bitter hickory

  • noun hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
    bitternut; Carya cordiformis; bitter hickory; bitter pignut; bitternut hickory.
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bitternut hickory

  • noun hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
    bitternut; Carya cordiformis; bitter hickory; bitter pignut; bitternut hickory.
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black hickory

  • noun smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
    black hickory; Carya tomentosa; big-bud hickory; mockernut; mockernut hickory.
  • noun an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
    black hickory; pignut; Carya glabra; brown hickory.
  • noun North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut
    black walnut; Juglans nigra; black walnut tree.
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brown hickory

  • noun an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
    black hickory; pignut; Carya glabra; brown hickory.
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hickory nut

  • noun small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories
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hickory pine

  • noun a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales
    prickly pine; table-mountain pine; Pinus pungens.
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Hickory shad

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad.
Webster 1913

hickory tree

  • noun American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
    hickory.
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king nut hickory

  • noun hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut
    big shellbark hickory; Carya laciniosa; big shellbark; king nut; big shagbark.
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mockernut hickory

  • noun smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
    black hickory; Carya tomentosa; big-bud hickory; mockernut; mockernut hickory.
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nutmeg hickory

  • noun hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard nutmeg-shaped nuts
    Carya myristicaeformis; Carya myristiciformis.
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old hickory

  • noun 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)
    Andrew Jackson; Jackson.
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pignut hickory

  • noun an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
    black hickory; pignut; Carya glabra; brown hickory.
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shagbark hickory

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

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

  • noun hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
    bitternut; Carya cordiformis; bitter hickory; bitter pignut; bitternut hickory.
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water hickory

  • noun hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts
    water bitternut; Carya aquatica; bitter pecan.
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white-heart hickory

  • noun smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
    black hickory; Carya tomentosa; big-bud hickory; mockernut; mockernut hickory.
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