black hickory

/blæk ˌhɪkəri/

Definitions of black hickory

1. noun

   smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
   synonyms: Carya tomentosa, big-bud hickory, mockernut, mockernut hickory, white-heart hickory

   type of:

   hickory, hickory tree

   American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
2. noun

   an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
   synonyms: Carya glabra, brown hickory, pignut, pignut hickory

   type of:

   hickory, hickory tree

   American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
3. noun

   North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut
   synonyms: Juglans nigra, black walnut, black walnut tree

   type of:

   walnut, walnut tree

   a tree bearing hard-shelled, edible seeds belonging; and belonging to the genus Juglans