Definition of Carya cordiformis

1. Noun. Hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Carya Cordiformis

Carthusian order
Carthusians
Cartier
Cartman
Cartwright
Carum
Carum carvi
Carus' circle
Carus' curve
Caruso
Carvallo's sign
Cary
Cary Grant
Carya
Carya aquatica
Carya cordiformis
Carya glabra
Carya illinoensis
Carya illinoinsis
Carya laciniosa
Carya myristicaeformis
Carya myristiciformis
Carya ovata
Carya tomentosa
Caryocar
Caryocar nuciferum
Caryocaraceae
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllidae

Literary usage of Carya cordiformis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Storms Over the Urban Forest: Planning, Responding, and Regreening by Lisa L. Burban, John W. Anderson (1996)
"[Source: Whitlow and Harris 1979) Common Name Species Acer negundo Acer rubrum Acer saccharinum Alnus rugosa Betula nigra Carya aquatica carya cordiformis ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"... JUGLANDACEAE • carya cordiformis (Wang.) K.Koch Bitternut hickory Deciduous tree Moist woods and stream banks. A hybrid with C. ovata (C. x ..."

3. A Practical Course in Botany: With Especial Reference to Its Bearings on by Eliza Frances Andrews (1911)
"BITTERNUT HICKORY, carya cordiformis (p. 47). d. Flowers not in catkins. 6. Flowers small, usually greenish; corolla inconspicuous or wanting. t. ..."

4. A Spring Flora for High Schools by Henry Chandler Cowles, John Gaylord Coulter (1915)
"BITTERNUT HICKORY, carya cordiformis (p. 47). d. Flowers not in catkins. e. Flowers small, usually greenish; corolla inconspicuous or wanting, f. ..."

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