shellbark

Noun
Synonyms: shagbarkshagbark hickoryshellbark hickoryCarya ovata

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nutsSynonyms: shagbarkshagbark hickoryshellbark hickoryCarya ovata
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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]
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]
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