shellbark hickory

Questions about shellbark hickory

What does shellbark hickory mean?

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

What is another word for shellbark hickory?

Close synonyms include shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, 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 shellbark hickory a common word?

shellbark 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.