hickory nut

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• hickory nut — noun small hard shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories • Hypernyms: ↑edible nut • Part Holonyms: ↑shagbark, ↑shagbark hickory, ↑shellbark, ↑shellbark hickory, ↑Carya ovata, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Hickory Nut Falls — Infobox Waterfall name=Hickory Nut Falls location=Chimney Rock Park, Blue Ridge Mountains, Rutherford County, North Carolina type=Horsetail, Cascade height=Convert|404|ft|m|0|abbr=on height longest=Convert|351|ft|m|0|abbr=on numberofdrops= flow=… …   Wikipedia

• hickory nut — /ˈhɪkəri nʌt/ (say hikuhree nut) noun a nut, usually sweet and edible, from certain of the hickory trees …  

• Hickory — Hick o*ry, n. [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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hickory shad — Hickory Hick o*ry, n. [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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hickory — ☆ hickory [hik′ə rē, hik′rē ] n. pl. hickories [contr. < 17th c. pohickery (Virginian term) < AmInd term recorded by SMITH Captain John as pawcohiccora, product made from crushed kernels of the nut] 1. any of a genus (Carya) of North… …   English World dictionary

• nut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. kernel, stone, nutmeat; seed, core; slang, eccentric, crank, crackpot (sl.), kook (sl.). See food, insanity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A dry fruit] Syn. seed, kernel, stone, achene, caryopsis, utricle;… …   English dictionary for students

• nut — Synonyms and related words: Brazil nut, English walnut, Macadamia nut, acorn, addict, aficionado, alien, aliene, almond, almond paste, amande, amande douce, amandes mondees, amateur, authority, bean, bedlamite, beechnut, ben nut, berry, betel nut …   Moby Thesaurus

• Nut — (n[u^]t), n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n[ o]t, Dan. n[ o]d.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Nut buoy — Nut Nut (n[u^]t), n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n[ o]t, Dan. n[ o]d.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Nut coal — Nut Nut (n[u^]t), n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n[ o]t, Dan. n[ o]d.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English