hickory

/ˈhɪkəɹiː/

hickory noun: any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.

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Noun

hickory (countable and uncountable, plural hickories)

(countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
- [H]e came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot
  And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump
  And said, "Boy, let me tell you what."1979, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, in Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, "Taz" DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, Charles Hayward, James W. Marshall (lyrics), Million Mile Reflections, performed by The Charlie...
(uncountable) The wood of these trees.
A coarse, durable cotton fabric.
- The loggers wore hickory shirts.
(countable, informal) A club with a head made from hickory wood.
- What you find out is, if you have good hickories, you can play anywhere from 5,300 yards to 6,100 with no problem.2012, Lee Pace, The Golden Age of Pinehurst: The Story of the Rebirth of No. 2, page 117
- I still had in my possession thirteen sets of hickories and a good stock of gutty golf balls, […]2013, Alfie Ward, Fairways! What Fairways?, page 182

Proper noun capitalized: Hickory

Hickory

A census-designated place in Graves County, Kentucky, named for the hickory trees.
An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
A town in Newton County, Mississippi, named for "Old Hickory" (Andrew Jackson).
A city mostly in Catawba County, North Carolina, named after the Hickory Tavern.
A town in Murray County, Oklahoma.
A census-designated place in Mount Pleasant Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia.
A number of townships, listed under Hickory Township.

hickory meaning in Tamil

hickory in Tamil

திண்ணிய மரம்

Examples of hickory in a sentence

Ash, hickory and oak are some of the most prominent domestic hardwoods.
The black walnut and the hickory nut, both of the same Genus as the pecan, have much thicker and harder shells than the pecan.
The horse chestnut, buckeye and hickory trees have palmate leaves.

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Forms of hickory

plural	hickories
alternative form (obsolete)	hiccory
alternative form (obsolete)	hickery
alternative form (obsolete)	pokickery

Plural of hickory: hickories

Origin of hickory

A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery, from Powhatan pawcohiccora.

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Questions about hickory

What does hickory mean?: Hickory means any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
What is hickory in Tamil?: Hickory in Tamil is திண்ணிய மரம். See Hickory meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hickory?: Hickory can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hickory?: Hickory is pronounced /ˈhɪkəɹiː/.
What is the plural of hickory?: The plural of hickory is hickories.

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