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BIG SHAGBARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does big shagbark mean? 

BIG SHAGBARK (noun)
  The noun BIG SHAGBARK has 1 sense:

1. hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nutplay

  Familiarity information: BIG SHAGBARK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BIG SHAGBARK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

big shagbark; big shellbark; big shellbark hickory; Carya laciniosa; king nut; king nut hickory

Hypernyms ("big shagbark" is a kind of...):

hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "big shagbark"):

hickory nut (small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories)

Holonyms ("big shagbark" is a member of...):

Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)


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