noun
genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China
• Syn: ↑genus Carya
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Juglandaceae, ↑family Juglandaceae, ↑walnut family
• Member Meronyms:
↑hickory, ↑hickory tree, ↑water hickory, ↑bitter pecan, ↑water bitternut, ↑Carya aquatica, ↑pignut, ↑pignut hickory, ↑brown hickory, ↑black hickory, ↑Carya glabra, ↑bitternut, ↑bitternut hickory, ↑bitter hickory, ↑bitter pignut, ↑swamp hickory, ↑Carya cordiformis, ↑pecan, ↑pecan tree, ↑Carya illinoensis, ↑Carya illinoinsis, ↑big shellbark, ↑big shellbark hickory, ↑big shagbark, ↑king nut, ↑king nut hickory, ↑Carya laciniosa, ↑nutmeg hickory, ↑Carya myristicaeformis, ↑Carya myristiciformis, ↑shagbark, ↑shagbark hickory, ↑shellbark, ↑shellbark hickory, ↑Carya ovata, ↑mockernut, ↑mockernut hickory, ↑white-heart hickory, ↑big-bud hickory, ↑Carya tomentosa
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\\ˈka(a)rēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Useful english dictionary. 2012.