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.
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Shell·bark n. Bot. A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.
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Hick·o·ry n. Bot. An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the Carya alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the Carya glabra. The swamp hickory is Carya amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter.
Hickory shad. Zool. (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad.
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