OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 30500

hickory

/ˈhɪkəɹiː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
jicoria • nogal americano
Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
[H]e came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump And said, "Boy, let me tell you what."