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.
hiccory, hickry - has edible nuts and hard wood
Native American wood of the walnut family. Used for rustic furniture. Is very hard, tough, and heavy.
valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
Hard, tough and heavy wood used as a veneer and in structural elements requiring strength and thinness. Pecan is a species of hickory.
A heavy, hard, strong, stiff wood with a fine uniform grain.
A very hard, heavy wood species which is dramatically variable in grain and coloration.
Hickory's heartwood is red brown, with a wide, nearly white sapwood. It is generally straight grained, and coarse textured. It has excellent elasticity and is good for steam-bending. Hickory is one of the heaviest, hardest and strongest woods in the U.S.
Wood from a native North American tree used at the beginning of the 19th century to make club shafts. Use continued until the 1920's.
noun: a tree, a species of walnut
A heavy, strong tenacious wood, much used for carriage shafts, whip handles, gun stocks, etc; it has been very little used for furniture, being peculiarly liable to damage by worms, heat and moisture.
Wood from which shafts used to be made.
A hardwood tree that grows throughout the eastern half of the United States; the wood is exceptionally tough, heavy, hard and strong.
A tough, hard and heavy wood used in structural elements and as a veneer. Pecan trees are a species of hickory.