shagbark
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nutsSynonyms: shagbark hickoryshellbarkshellbark hickoryCarya ovata
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]