Carya alba

Carya alba
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.] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]

{Hickory shad}. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad. [1913 Webster]


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  • Carya alba — Shagbark Shag bark , n. (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Carya alba — Shellbark Shell bark , n. (Bot.) A species of hickory ({Carya alba}) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Carya alba — ID 15721 Symbol Key CAAL27 Common Name mockernut hickory Family Juglandaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO,… …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Carya alba (L.) Nutt. — Symbol CAAL27 Common Name mockernut hickory Botanical Family Juglandaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Carya alba (L.) Nutt. — Symbol CAAL27 Common Name mockernut hickory Botanical Family Juglandaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Carya — Reino Plantae, división Magnoliophyta, clase Magnoliopsida, Subclase Hanmamelididae, orden Juglandales, familia Juglandaceae. ● Carya aquatica ● Carya alba (C. Linnaeus) T. Nuttall ex S. Elliott ● Carya buckleyi ● Carya californica ● Carya… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Carya amara — 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

  • Carya glabra — 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

  • Carya — (C. Nutt.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Juglandeae, 5. Ordn. 21. Kl. L., wie Wallnuß (Juglans, s.d.), aber die Schuppen dreitheilig, vier bis sechs Staubgefäße, keine Korolle, die Narbe vierlappig u. die Steinfrucht mit vierkantiger… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Carya — Caryer Carya …   Wikipédia en Français

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