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Definition :

An American tree of the genus Carya of which there are several species The shagbark is the Carya alba and has a very rough bark it affords the hickory nut of the markets The pignut or brown hickory is the Carya glabra The swamp hickory is Carya amara having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter