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SHELLBARK
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
Synonyms:
Carya ovata; shagbark; shagbark hickory; shellbark; shellbark hickory
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("shellbark" is a kind of...):
hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)
Meronyms (parts of "shellbark"):
hickory nut (small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories)
Holonyms ("shellbark" is a member of...):
Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)