| 单词 | scaly-bark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscaly-bark scaly-bark n. (also scaly-bark hickory) the shagbark hickory, Carya ovata, or its edible nuts; cf. hickory n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > hickory pohickory1644 pignut1666 hickory1670 hickory tree1682 shagbark1751 shell-bark1769 scaly-bark1775 swamp hickory1806 hognut hickory1810 kiskitomasa1817 water hickory1818 nutmeg hickory1832 king-nut1880 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > pecan kiskitomas nut1750 pecan1761 pecan nut1762 scaly-bark1775 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > North American > hickory pohickory1644 hickory1670 shagbark1751 shell-bark1769 scaly-bark1775 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > pecan or hickory > pecan or hickory tree > types of shagbark1751 shell-bark1769 scaly-bark1775 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 360 Filberts..are as sweet and thin-shelled, as the scaly bark hiccory-nuts. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 63 Scaly bark hiccory. 1786 G. Washington Diaries III. 30 Spaded up some of the ground in my botanical garden for the purpose of planting the scaly bark hickory nut of Gloucester in. 1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis II. 637 This useful tree is known by the name of..Scaly-bark Hickory, on account of its bark, which is torn in loose fragments. 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 332/1 Carya alba, white-shell-bark, shag-bark, scaly-bark hickory (Juglans squamosa, Michaux). 1852 M. Reid Desert Home 198 The tree is known among backwoodsmen as the ‘scaly bark’. 1893 Advance (Chicago) 23 Mar. A pretty young woman rings your bell to ask, ‘You all buy some scaly-barks?’ 1906 ‘O. Henry’ Rolling Stones (1912) 8 I saw..a little flaxen-haired man with a face like a scaly-bark hickory-nut. < as lemmas |
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