shagbark
English
the trunk of a mature shagbark
Etymology
shag + bark
Noun
shagbark (plural shagbarks)
- 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.
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- A West Indian leguminous tree, Pithecellobium micradenium.
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