noun
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a North American hickory tree, Carya ovata, having loose rough bark and edible nuts
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the wood of this tree, used for tool handles, fuel, etc
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the light-coloured hard-shelled nut of this tree
Etymology
Origin of shagbark
Example Sentences
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He smokes the root at 190 degrees over shagbark hickory in a commercial smoker for one hour — “just long enough to remove the rawness, but briefly enough to leave it al dente.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2020
When I arrived, Gerhart donned a pair of hiking boots and took me out to see the pipeline site that runs along three of her twenty-seven acres of white pine and shagbark hickory.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 26, 2018
Whole shagbark hickory trees were hauled from their nearby timber, debarked and used for a great room barrel vaulted ceiling.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 25, 2017
The expansive setting is airy and handsome, with chandeliers fashioned from whitetail deer antlers and a grand communal table made from the shagbark hickory tree for which the restaurant is named.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2016
He was sitting on a stump at the base of a ragged old shagbark hickory.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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