hickory

1. Any of several chiefly North American deciduous trees of the genus Carya, having smooth or shaggy bark, compound leaves, and hard smooth stones or nuts, each containing an edible seed and surrounded by a husk that splits into four valves.
2. 1. The hard, tough, heavy wood of such a tree.
   2. A walking stick or switch made from such wood.

[Short for Virginia Algonquian pocohiquara, drink made of pressed hickory nuts.]

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Any species of the genus Carya, formerly known botanically as Hicoria. Hickories are mostly tall forest trees characterized by strong, terminal, scaly winter buds, pinnately compound leaves (see illustration), solid pith (not chambered), and fruit with an outer husk or exocarp which splits more or less readily into four parts, revealing a nut with a hard shell or endocarp.

Twigs, buds, and leaves of shagbark hickory (Carya ovata).

The shagbark hickory (C. ouata) is found in the eastern half of the United States and adjacent Canada. It is the most important species because of the commercial value of its nuts, the hickory nuts of commerce, and of its wood. The pecan (C. illinoensis) is also a valuable species because of its commercially popular, thin-shelled, sweet nuts. Other species are the mockernut, shellbark, and pignut hickories. The remarkably tough and strong wood of all species makes it the world's best wood for tool handles. It is also used for parts of furniture, flooring, boxes, and crates, and for smoking meats. See also Fagales.

A tough, hard, strong wood of North America; has high shock resistance and high bending strength.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - valnøddetræ

Nederlands (Dutch)
bitternoot, wandelstok van notenhout, notenhouten-

Français (French)
n. - noyer blanc d'Amérique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hickorybaum, Hickoryholz, Hickoryrute

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) χίκορι το γλαυκόν, λευκή καρυά

Italiano (Italian)
noce d'america

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nogueira (f) norte-americana (Bot.), madeira (f) da nogueira

Русский (Russian)
пекан, древесина пекана

Español (Spanish)
n. - nogal americano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hickory

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
山胡桃树, 山胡桃木

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 山胡桃樹, 山胡桃木

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (북미산의 호두나무 종류) 히코리, 히코리 지팡이, 일종의 면직물, 빠른 걸음

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ヒッコリー, ヒッコリー材

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) القاريه أو الجوزيه شجر من فصيله الجوز, خشب القاريه, عصا لتأديب الاولاد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אגוז אמריקני, עץ פקאן‬

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