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Definition of Shagbark
1. Noun. North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts.
Terms within: Hickory Nut
Group relationships: Carya, Genus Carya
Generic synonyms: Hickory, Hickory Tree
Definition of Shagbark
1. n. A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory.
Definition of Shagbark
1. Noun. A North-American hickory (''Carya ovata'') that has shaggy bark; shagbark hickory ¹
2. Noun. A West Indian leguminous tree, ''Pithecolobium micradenium''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shagbark
1. a hardwood tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Shagbark
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Shagbark
Literary usage of Shagbark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"The shagbark is so busy being something worth while that it docs not seem to ...
In general shape, the shagbark resembles the oak; the lower branches are ..."
2. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"shagbark Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) shagbark or Shellbark Hickory Hickory (Vt., Ohio).
... shagbark " refers to the shaggy appearance of the bark. ..."
3. Trees that Every Child Should Know: Easy Tree Studies for All Seasons of the by Julia Ellen Rogers (1909)
"Who says that the pecan is better than the nut of the little shagbark? Southern
people insist upon this, as the pecan is the pride of the Southern states. ..."
4. Trees that Every Child Should Know: Easy Tree Studies for All Seasons of the by Julia Ellen Rogers (1909)
"Who says that the pecan is better than the nut of the little shagbark? Southern
people insist upon this, as the pecan is the pride of the Southern states. ..."
5. The New American Orchardist, Or an Account of the Most Valuable Varieties of by William Kenrick (1844)
"shagbark HICKORY. (Juglans squamosa.) The shagbark, or ... The timber -of the
shagbark always splits clear; it works smooth.; it is very compact, strong, ..."
6. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"The Southern shellbark or shagbark hickory is also abundant in these coves, and
large quantities of this timber are annually shipped to the manufacturing ..."
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