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shagbark

(ˈʃæɡˌbɑːk) or

shellbark

n
1. (Plants) a North American hickory tree, Carya ovata, having loose rough bark and edible nuts
2. (Forestry) the wood of this tree, used for tool handles, fuel, etc
3. (Plants) the light-coloured hard-shelled nut of this tree
[C18: so called because of the texture of its bark]
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shag•bark

(ˈʃægˌbɑrk)

n.
1. a hickory, Caryaovata, having a coarse, shaggy bark.
2. the rounded, ribbed, edible nut of this tree.
Also called shag′bark hick`ory (for defs. 1, 2).
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shagbark - North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nutsshagbark - North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
hickory nut - small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories
Carya, genus Carya - genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China
hickory tree, hickory - American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
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to reports of an explosion that blew several windows and doors out of a building on the 0-100 block of East Shagbark Lane, according to a news release from the Streamwood Fire Department.
Other flavorful barks worth cultivating include the cinnamon-flavored CAROLINA ALLSPICE (Calycanthus floridus; the only part considered safe to eat is the inner bark, so caution is advised); SWEET BIRCH (Betula lenta); and SHAGBARK HICKORY (Carya ovata).
Oak hickory forests were dominantly red oak plus shagbark (Carya ovata Mill.) and pignut (Carya glabra Mill.) hickories; the dominant upland maple was sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.), and red maple (Acer rubrum L.) was also present (Barnes and Wagner 2004).
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Carya ovata, or the shagbark hickory, is a large deciduous tree with a distinctly fringed trunk that can live hundreds of years and grow up to 100 feet tall.
At one point Jay leans against a dead shagbark hickory, closes his eyes, and imagines you might hear a voice rising from the night and burrowing into your body.
The display incorporated bark and sculpted segments from a massive 150-year-old shagbark hickory tree that fell in a storm near Seneca Falls, N.Y.
COMMON NAMES: True Hickory Group: Hickory, shagbark, shellbark, mockernut, pignut Pecan Hickory Group: pecan, bitternut, water and nutmeg hickory.
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We were able to identify keystone species on the ridges such as Quercus montana (chestnut oak) and Carya ovata (shagbark hickory).