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shagbark hickory

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shag⋅bark

[shag-bahrk]
–noun
1. a hickory, Carya ovata, having rough, shaggy bark and yielding a valuable wood.
2. the wood.
3. the ellipsoidal, slightly angular nut of this tree.
Also called shagbark hickory (for defs. 1, 2).


Origin:
1685–95; shag(gy) + bark 2
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shagbark hickory

noun
North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts [syn: shagbark
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