SHAGBARK


Meaning of SHAGBARK in English

/shag"bahrk'/ , n.

1. a hickory, Carya ovata, having rough, shaggy bark and yielding a valuable wood.

2. the wood.

3. the ellipsoidal, slightly angular nut of this tree. Also called shagbark hickory (for defs. 1, 2).

[ 1685-95; SHAG(GY) + BARK 2 ]

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