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English noun: hickory

1. hickory (plant) valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees


Broader (hypernym)wood


Substance meronymhickory, hickory tree

2. hickory (plant) American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts


Synonymshickory tree


Broader (hypernym)nut tree


Narrower (hyponym)big shagbark, big shellbark, big shellbark hickory, big-bud hickory, bitter hickory, bitter pecan, bitter pignut, bitternut, bitternut hickory, black hickory, black hickory, brown hickory, Carya aquatica, Carya cordiformis, Carya glabra, Carya laciniosa, Carya myristicaeformis, Carya myristiciformis, Carya ovata, Carya tomentosa, king nut, king nut hickory, mockernut, mockernut hickory, nutmeg hickory, pignut, pignut hickory, shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory, swamp hickory, water bitternut, water hickory, white-heart hickory


Member meronymCarya, genus Carya


Substance holonymhickory









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