shellbark

Other forms: shellbarks

Definitions of shellbark
  1. noun
    North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
    synonyms: Carya ovata, shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark hickory
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    type of:
    hickory, hickory tree
    American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
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