big shagbark

1. 1.

   hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut

   Synonymsbig shellbarkbig shellbark hickoryking nutking nut hickoryCarya laciniosa

   Broaderhickory

   Part ofCarya

   Partshickory nut

Questions about big shagbark

What does big shagbark mean?

big shagbark means "hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut".

What is another word for big shagbark?

Close synonyms include big shellbark, big shellbark hickory, king nut, king nut hickory, Carya laciniosa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is big shagbark a common word?

big shagbark is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.