shagbark hickory

Questions about shagbark hickory

What does shagbark hickory mean?

shagbark hickory means "North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts".

What is another word for shagbark hickory?

Close synonyms include shagbark, shellbark, shellbark hickory, Carya ovata. 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 shagbark hickory a common word?

shagbark hickory 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.