hickories
- plural of hickory.
Example Sentences
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Surrounded by tall hickories, ash and oak, it is mostly covered in shade, a condition not ideal for grass.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2019
Its steep walls are lined with hardwoods, oaks, hickories and maples still dropping amber leaves.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2016
As a whole, the deciduous forest was home to many different tree species—oaks, beeches, maples, basswoods, hickories, chestnut, ashes, elms, birches and poplars—but different types of trees predominated in different regions.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2014
And more than 5,200 other trees from the forest’s original roster were planted, including oaks, hickories and sweetgums.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2011
They were like white bouquets God had stuck in the stands of ancient oaks and hickories, glistening green in their own new growth.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
