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shagbark en · NOUN

Etymology

From shag + bark.

Meanings

1. A North-American hickory (Carya ovata) that has shaggy bark in mature trees; shagbark hickory
   • They thought he was strong, tough, and resilient--just like the wood of the shagbark hickory tree, which is used to make athletic equipment today. 1997 November 28, Cara Jepsen, “Days of the Week”, in Chicago Reader:
   • Trees such as the pin oak, the shagbark hickory, the linden, and the sugar maple are the arboreal equivalent of the high school student council. 1990 January 19, James Krohe Jr., “Green Streets”, in Chicago Reader:
   • The face of the country is exceedingly beautiful, the soil fertile, and bearing oaks and shagbark hickory. 1851, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers:
2. A West Indian leguminous tree, Pithecellobium micradenium.

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