noun
North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
• Syn: ↑shagbark, ↑shagbark hickory, ↑shellbark hickory, ↑Carya ovata
• Hypernyms: ↑hickory, ↑hickory tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Carya, ↑genus Carya
• Part Meronyms: ↑hickory nut
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun or shellbark hickory1. : shagbark hickory
2. : big shellbark
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/shel"bahrk'/, n.
the shagbark tree.
[1750-60; SHELL + BARK2]
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shellˈbark noun
A hickory with peeling bark
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Main Entry: ↑shell
Useful english dictionary. 2012.