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hickory en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɪkəɹiː/
• /ˈhɪkɹiː/
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Etymology

A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery, from Powhatan pawcohiccora.

Meanings

1. (countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
   • [H]e came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump And said, "Boy, let me tell you what." 1979, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, in Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, "Taz" DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, Charles Hayward, James W. Marshall (lyrics), Million Mile Reflections, performed by The Charlie Daniels Band:
2. (uncountable) The wood of these trees.
3. (countable, uncountable) A coarse, durable cotton fabric.
   • The loggers wore hickory shirts.
4. (countable, informal) A club with a head made from hickory wood.
   • I still had in my possession thirteen sets of hickories and a good stock of gutty golf balls, […] 2013, Alfie Ward, Fairways! What Fairways?, page 182:
   • What you find out is, if you have good hickories, you can play anywhere from 5,300 yards to 6,100 with no problem. 2012, Lee Pace, The Golden Age of Pinehurst: The Story of the Rebirth of No. 2, page 117:

Forms

Deriveds

hickory eucalyptus · beaked hickory · hickory-pickery · hickory cloth · brown hickory · hickory shad · black hickory · banded hickory borer · hickory girdler · hickoryite · Hickory Point · hican · swamp hickory · hickory oak · mountain hickory · hickory golf · water hickory · hickory horned devil · shellbark hickory · Hickory County · hickory wattle · hickory nut · hickory elm · Texas hickory · hickory stripe · shagbark hickory

Descendants

Hicoria

Translations (39)

eo hikorio (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · oj mitigwaabaak (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · ro hicori (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · pl hikora (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · chr ᏐᎯ (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · fi hikkori (wood of the tree) · pl orzesznik (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · pt hicória (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · unm shimënshi (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · it noce americano (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · unm tìtpanimënshi (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · nl hickory (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · fr noyer blanc (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · see dzogä꞉ga꞉s (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · pl przeorzech (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · ru ка́рия (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · pl hikora (wood of the tree) · es nogal americano (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · sw mkarya (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · pl przeorzech (wood of the tree) · fr caryer (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · nl hickory (wood of the tree) · unm shimënshi (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · abe bagimenakwam (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · es jicoria (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · sw ubao wa mkarya (wood of the tree) · chr ᏩᏁᎢ (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · haw paukohikola (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · tr hikori (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · de Hickorynussbaum (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · esu tupugaq (wood of the tree) · pl karia (wood of the tree) · cmn 山核桃 (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · chc ohneku (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · pl karia (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · fi hikkori (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · ca cària (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · ru ги́кори (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) · pl orzesznik (wood of the tree)

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