n. 山核桃树, 山核桃木

[医] 毡毛山核桃

Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora
(Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from
pounded hickory nuts. ``Pohickory'' is named in a list of
Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to
``hickory.'' --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.)
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.

{Hickory shad}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b) The gizzard shad.