hickory nut

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hickory nut - small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickoriesedible nut - a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shellbig shagbark, big shellbark, big shellbark hickory, Carya laciniosa, king nut, king nut hickory - hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nutCarya ovata, shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory - North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts