black hickory

1. 1.

   smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut

   Synonymsmockernutmockernut hickorywhite-heart hickorybig-bud hickoryCarya tomentosa

   Broaderhickory

   Part ofCarya
2. 2.

   an American hickory tree having bitter nuts

   Synonymspignutpignut hickorybrown hickoryCarya glabra

   Broaderhickory

   Part ofCarya
3. 3.

   North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut

   Synonymsblack walnutblack walnut treeJuglans nigra

   Broaderwalnut

   Part ofJuglans

   Partsblack walnut

Questions about black hickory

What does black hickory mean?

black hickory means "smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for black hickory?

Close synonyms include mockernut, mockernut hickory, white-heart hickory, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa. 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 black hickory a common word?

black hickory is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.