HICKORIES
Noun
hickories
plural of hickory
Source: Wiktionary
HICKORY
Hick"o*ry, n. Etym: [North American Indian pawcohiccora (Capt. J.
Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from pounded hickory
nuts. "Pohickory" is named in a list of Virginia trees, in 1653, and
this was finally shortened to "hickory." J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.)
Definition: An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several
species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it
affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory,
is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose
shell is very thin and the kernel bitter. Hickory shad. (Zoöl.) (a)
The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition