shellbark

[ shel-bahrk ]

/ ˈʃɛlˌbɑrk /

noun

the shagbark tree.

Words nearby shellbark

shell-like, shell-shocked, shellac, shellacking, shellback, shellbark, shellcracker, shelled, sheller, shelley, shelley, percy bysshe

Origin of shellbark

First recorded in 1750–60; shell + bark²

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Examples from the Web for shellbark

The tent was soon staked under the shellbark trees, and the canoes were carried out beside it.
Canoe Boys and Campfires|William Murray Graydon
Sometimes in the river bottoms it grows in situations too wet for the shellbark hickory.
Trees of Indiana|Charles Clemon Deam
In compressed form, in color of nut, also in the angularity and thickness of shell, it is quite similar to shellbark hickory.
The Pecan and its Culture|H. Harold Hume
On the other hand this is the first contest where a prize has been awarded to a shellbark, Carya laciniosa.
Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association

A curious example of persistence, when so much else has perished, is found in the word "Kiskatomas," the shellbark nut.
Old-Time Gardens|Alice Morse Earle

British Dictionary definitions for shellbark

shellbark

/ (ˈʃɛlˌbɑːk) /

noun

another name for shagbark

Word Origin for shellbark

C19: so called from the texture of its bark

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