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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