hickory

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hickory - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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. (Zool.)
     (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
     (b) The gizzard shad.
         [1913 Webster]

hickory - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hickory
      n 1: valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
      2: American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts [syn: hickory,
         hickory tree]

hickory - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Hickory, KY
    Zip code(s): 42051
  Hickory, MS (town, FIPS 31980)
    Location: 32.31655 N, 89.02108 W
    Population (1990): 493 (211 housing units)
    Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 39332
  Hickory, NC (city, FIPS 31060)
    Location: 35.73920 N, 81.32622 W
    Population (1990): 28301 (12701 housing units)
    Area: 52.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 28601, 28602
  Hickory, OK (town, FIPS 34150)
    Location: 34.55597 N, 96.85540 W
    Population (1990): 77 (35 housing units)
    Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Hickory, PA
    Zip code(s): 15340