shellbark

3 definitions found

shellbark - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  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]

shellbark - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  shellbark
      n 1: North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and
           edible nuts [syn: shagbark, shagbark hickory,
           shellbark, shellbark hickory, Carya ovata]