Definition of Bitter hickory
1. Noun. Hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts.
Group relationships: Carya, Genus Carya
Generic synonyms: Hickory, Hickory Tree
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Literary usage of Bitter hickory
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1. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1884)
"This is the only notice I find of its habits, but it is probable that it bores
also in hickory, as I have taken several specimens on bitter hickory in July ..."
2. The Canadian Forester's Illustrated Guide by Jean-Charles Chapais (1885)
"The small-fruit hickory grows to a height of seventy feet by two feet in diameter ;
the bitter- hickory to fifty feet ; and the shell-bark to . sixty feet. ..."
3. Report on the Forest Wealth of Canada, by the Statistician of the Department by George Johnson, Canada Dept. of Agriculture (1895)
"bitter hickory. Douglas fir. White oak. The 24 woods with the greatest resistance to
... bitter hickory. Western white oak. Black thorn. Burr oak. Ironwood. ..."
4. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1881)
"Ranges over a much bitter hickory- larger area in Canada than the shell-bark
hickory, being found around Montreal, ..."
5. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS— The Bitter Nut Hickory, also known as Swamp
Hickory and bitter hickory, can be distinguished by its lanceolate leaflets ..."
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