| 单词 | hickory |
| 释义 | hickory /hik"euh ree, hik"ree/, n. , pl. hickories. 1. any of several North American trees belonging to the genus Carya, of the walnut family, certain species of which bear edible nuts or yield a valuable wood. Cf. pecan, shagbark. 2. the wood of any of these trees. 3. a switch, stick, etc., of this wood. 4. Baseball Slang. a baseball bat. 5. Also called hickory cloth, hickory stripe. a strong fabric of twill construction, used chiefly in the manufacture of work clothes. [1610-20, Amer.; earlier pohickery < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.) pocohiquara a milky drink prepared from hickory nuts] |
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