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   Hickory
   Hickory is several species of timber trees of the genus Carya of the natural order Juglandaceae. They are natives to North America. The wood is heavy, strong and tenacious.
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   Hickory
   Hickory is a township in Schuyler County Illinois, USA Hickory is a township in Forest County Pennsylvania, USA Hickory is a township in Lawrence County Pennsylvania, USA Hickory is a town in Murray County Oklahoma, USA Hickory is a city partly in Catawba County and partly in Burke County North Carolina, USA Hickory is a town in Newton County Mississippi, USA Hickory is a township in Pennington County Minnesota, USA Hickory is a township in Butler County Kansas, USA
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   hickory
   [n] - valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees 2. [n] - American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
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   Hickory
   Hick'o·ry noun [ 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. ] (Botany) An American tree of the genus Carya , of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. a ...
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   hickory
   <botany> 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. ... <zo ...
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   Hickory
   Trees in the genus `Carya` (from Ancient Greek `kary` `nut`) are commonly known as `Hickory`. The genus includes 17-19 species of deciduous trees with pinnately compound leaves and large nuts. A dozen or so species are native to North America (11-12 in the United States, 1 in Mexico), and 5-6 species from China and Indochina. Another Asian species, Beaked Hickory, previously listed as `Carya sinensis`, is now treated in a separate genus `Annamo...
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   Hickory
   • (n.) 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: words in the defin...
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   Hickory
   city, Catawba county, west-central North Carolina, U.S. It lies near the Catawba River (there dammed to form Lake Hickory) just east of the ...
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   hickory
   any of about 18 species of deciduous timber and nut-producing trees that constitute the genus Carya of the walnut family (Juglandaceae). About 15 ... [1 related articles]
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    hickory
    hickory, any plant of the genus Carya of the family Juglandaceae (walnut family); deciduous nut-bearing trees native to E North America and south to Central America except for a few species found in SE Asia. The pecan (C. illinoinensis) is one of the most important nut trees of the United States. Th...
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    Hickory
    Hickory, city (1990 pop. 28,301), Burke and Catawba counties, W N.C., at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mts.; inc. 1870. It is a processing and trade center for an abundant agricultural region (grain, soybeans, poultry, hogs, cattle, dairying). Manufactures include furniture; textiles and tape; stone, p...
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