"hickory" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhɪkəɹiː/, /ˈhɪkɹiː/ Audio: En-us-hickory.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪkəɹi Etymology: A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery, from Powhatan pawcohiccora. Etymology templates: {{der|en|pim|-}} Powhatan Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hickory (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood. Tags: not-comparable Translations (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya): bagimenakwam (Abenaki), cària [feminine] (Catalan), ohneku (Catawba), ᏩᏁᎢ (wanei) (Cherokee), ᏐᎯ (sohi) (Cherokee), 山核桃 (shān hétáo) (Chinese Mandarin), hickory (Dutch), hikorio (Esperanto), hikkori (Finnish), noyer blanc [masculine] (French), caryer [masculine] (French), Hickorynussbaum [masculine] (German), paukohikola (Hawaiian), noce americano (Italian), shimënshi (Lenape), mitigwaabaak (Ojibwe), hicória [feminine] (Portuguese), hicori [masculine] (Romanian), ги́кори (gíkori) (Russian), ка́рия (kárija) [feminine] (Russian), jicoria [feminine] (Spanish), nogal americano [masculine] (Spanish), mkarya (Swahili), hikori (Turkish), tìtpanimënshi (Unami), shimënshi (Unami) Translations (wood of the tree): hickory (Dutch), hikkori (Finnish), ubao wa mkarya (Swahili), tupugaq (Yup'ik)
    Sense id: en-hickory-en-adj-GXlzLNFa Derived forms: banded hickory borer, beaked hickory, hican, hickory elm, hickory golf, hickory horned devil, hickory-pickery, Hickory Point, shagbark hickory, shellbark hickory, water hickory, brown hickory, hickory cloth, Hickory County, hickory nut, hickory shad, swamp hickory
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pokickery [archaic], hiccory, hickery, hickry (english: older) [nonstandard]

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɪkəɹiː/, /ˈhɪkɹiː/ Audio: En-us-hickory.ogg Forms: hickories [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkəɹi Etymology: A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery, from Powhatan pawcohiccora. Etymology templates: {{der|en|pim|-}} Powhatan Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hickory (countable and uncountable, plural hickories)
  1. (countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts. Tags: countable Categories (lifeform): Fagales order plants, Woods
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  2. (uncountable) The wood of these trees. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-hickory-en-noun-31DYqji~
  3. A coarse, durable cotton fabric. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hickory-en-noun-ACBQ7Mrs
  4. (countable, golf, informal) A club with a head made from hickory wood. Tags: countable, informal Categories (topical): Golf
    Sense id: en-hickory-en-noun-V82N5Nhw Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pokickery [archaic], hiccory, hickery, hickry (english: older) [nonstandard]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "beaked hickory"
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      "word": "hican"
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      "word": "hickory elm"
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      "word": "hickory golf"
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      "word": "hickory horned devil"
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      "word": "hickory-pickery"
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      "word": "Hickory Point"
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    {
      "word": "shagbark hickory"
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      "word": "shellbark hickory"
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      "word": "water hickory"
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      "word": "brown hickory"
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    {
      "word": "hickory cloth"
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      "word": "Hickory County"
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      "word": "hickory nut"
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      "lang": "Abenaki",
      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
      "word": "bagimenakwam"
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      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
      "word": "ᏩᏁᎢ"
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      "roman": "sohi",
      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
      "word": "ᏐᎯ"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shān hétáo",
      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
      "word": "山核桃"
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      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
      "word": "hickory"
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      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
      "word": "hikorio"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
      "word": "hikkori"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "noyer blanc"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "caryer"
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      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
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      "word": "Hickorynussbaum"
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      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
      "word": "paukohikola"
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      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
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      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
      "word": "mitigwaabaak"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hicória"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
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      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
      "word": "ги́кори"
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      "sense": "tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya",
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      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "wood of the tree",
      "word": "ubao wa mkarya"
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      "sense": "wood of the tree",
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    "Morton Arboretum",
    "hickory"
  ],
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}

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