Hickory
n.
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.
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