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[syn: shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory, Carya ovata]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shagbark \Shag"bark`\, n. (Bot.)
A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut.
Called also shellbark. See Hickory.
(b) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous
tree with a red coiled-up pod.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shellbark \Shell"bark`\, n. (Bot.)
A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose
and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shellbark
n 1: North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and
edible nuts [syn: shagbark, shagbark hickory,
shellbark, shellbark hickory, Carya ovata]