shagbark

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English

the trunk of a mature shagbark

Etymology

From shag +‎ bark.

Noun

shagbark (plural shagbarks)

  1. A North-American hickory (Carya ovata) that has shaggy bark in mature trees; shagbark hickory
    • 1990 January 19, James Krohe Jr., “Green Streets”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      Trees such as the pin oak, the shagbark hickory, the linden, and the sugar maple are the arboreal equivalent of the high school student council.
    • 1997 November 28, Cara Jepsen, “Days of the Week”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      They thought he was strong, tough, and resilient--just like the wood of the shagbark hickory tree, which is used to make athletic equipment today.
    • 1851, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers‎:
      The face of the country is exceedingly beautiful, the soil fertile, and bearing oaks and shagbark hickory.
  2. A West Indian leguminous tree, Pithecellobium micradenium.

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