shagbark
Origin of shagbark
1- Also called shagbark hickory (for defs. 1, 2).
Words Nearby shagbark
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How to use shagbark in a sentence
shagbark hickory has also been grown, but not in large enough quantity to include it in the list of available trees.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers Associationshagbark can be put on, I suppose, ten other kinds of hickory, but the pecan can not.
A mammoth ax-helve I noticed on the wall was labeled, "shagbark-hickory from Missouri."
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14 | Elbert HubbardDr. Deming: This is undoubtedly a shagbark—mockernut hybrid.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers Association
British Dictionary definitions for shagbark
shellbark
/ (ˈʃæɡˌbɑːk) /
a North American hickory tree, Carya ovata, having loose rough bark and edible nuts
the wood of this tree, used for tool handles, fuel, etc
the light-coloured hard-shelled nut of this tree
Origin of shagbark
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