shagbark hickory
- noun
- /ˈʃæɡˌbɑrk ˈhɪkəri/
- US
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nogal de cáscara suelta
- They were gathered in a loose circle under an aging shagbark hickory, nudging at nut shells and twigs with their boots as they listened to her speak.
- shagbark hickory and oak
- shagbark hickory and maple
- red shagbark hickory
Examples
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The forest was filled with shagbark hickory trees, their shaggy bark making them easy to identify.
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They were gathered in a loose circle under an aging shagbark hickory, nudging at nut shells and twigs with their boots as they listened to her speak.
Fiction book (1993) -
As autumn approached, the shagbark hickory dropped its delicious nuts, attracting squirrels and birds alike.
Synonyms
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A North American hickory tree with loose gray bark that peels and nuts you can eat
A large North American tree with shaggy grey bark and nuts you can eat
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound openly combines 'shagbark' (a tree characterized by shaggy bark) with 'hickory' (a type of hardwood tree), so the overall meaning — a hickory tree with shaggy bark — is directly compositional. This follows a common noun+noun naming pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Shagbark hickory gets its name from the tree's loose, peeling bark: shagbark describes the shaggy strips of bark that hang like a 'shaggy coat', and hickory is the kind of tree that makes edible nuts, so the name points to a hickory tree with shaggy, peeling bark.