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Hickory vs Shagbark - What's the difference?

hickory | shagbark |

As nouns the difference between hickory and shagbark

is that hickory is any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genus carya or while shagbark is a north-american hickory () that has shaggy bark in mature trees; shagbark hickory.

As an adjective hickory

is of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood.

hickory

English

(wikipedia hickory)

Alternative forms

* hiccory, hickery, hickry, pokickery

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood.

    • Noun

    (hickories)
  • Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genus Carya or .
  • (uncountable) The wood of these trees.

    • Derived terms

    * brown hickory * hickory cloth * hickory nut * hickory shad * swamp hickory

    References

    shagbark

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A North-American hickory () that has shaggy bark in mature trees; shagbark hickory
  • * {{quote-news, year=1990, date=January 19, author=James Krohe Jr., title=Green Streets, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Trees such as the pin oak, the shagbark hickory, the linden, and the sugar maple are the arboreal equivalent of the high school student council. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1997, date=November 28, author=Cara Jepsen, title=Days of the Week, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=They thought he was strong, tough, and resilient--just like the wood of the shagbark hickory tree, which is used to make athletic equipment today. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1851, author=Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, title=Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The face of the country is exceedingly beautiful, the soil fertile, and bearing oaks and shagbark hickory. }}
  • A West Indian leguminous tree, .

    • See also

    *(Carya ovata) *(Carya ovata) *(Pithecellobium) *(Pithecellobium)