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SHAGBARK
shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory, Carya ovata
(noun) North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shagbark (plural shagbarks)
A North-American hickory (Carya ovata) that has shaggy bark in mature trees; shagbark hickory
A West Indian leguminous tree, Pithecellobium micradenium.
Source: Wiktionary
Shag"bark`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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