hickory

English
hickory tree at Morton Arboretum
Finished hickory wood in a cabinet

Alternative forms

Etymology

A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery,[1] from an Algonquian language, probably Algonquin pawcohiccora.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪkəɹiː/, /ˈhɪkɹiː/
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Adjective

hickory (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood.

Noun

hickory (plural hickories)

  1. Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genus Carya or Annamocarya.
  2. (uncountable) The wood of these trees.

Translations

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • hickory shad
  • swamp hickory

References
  1. 1975, Nicholas Hook, History of the English language: Here are early spellings recorded in America: 1608 — pawcohiccora
    1618 — pockerchicory
    1634 — pokickery
    1653 — pohickery
    1671 — hickery
    1705 — hiccory
    1792 — hickory
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