7 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] {Hickory shad}. (Zool.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: hickory n 1: valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees 2: American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts [syn: {hickory tree}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Hickory, KY Zip code(s): 42051 Hickory, MS (town, FIPS 31980) Location: 32.31655 N, 89.02108 W Population (1990): 493 (211 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39332 Hickory, NC (city, FIPS 31060) Location: 35.73920 N, 81.32622 W Population (1990): 28301 (12701 housing units) Area: 52.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28601, 28602 Hickory, OK (town, FIPS 34150) Location: 34.55597 N, 96.85540 W Population (1990): 77 (35 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Hickory, PA Zip code(s): 15340 From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]: Hickory -- U.S. County in Missouri Population (2000): 8940 Housing Units (2000): 6184 Land area (2000): 398.628219 sq. miles (1032.442304 sq. km) Water area (2000): 13.109916 sq. miles (33.954526 sq. km) Total area (2000): 411.738135 sq. miles (1066.396830 sq. km) Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29 Location: 37.916612 N, 93.333791 W Headwords: Hickory Hickory, MO Hickory County Hickory County, MO From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Hickory, NC -- U.S. city in North Carolina Population (2000): 37222 Housing Units (2000): 16571 Land area (2000): 28.068538 sq. miles (72.697177 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.007093 sq. miles (0.018370 sq. km) Total area (2000): 28.075631 sq. miles (72.715547 sq. km) FIPS code: 31060 Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37 Location: 35.737682 N, 81.328372 W ZIP Codes (1990): 28601 28602 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Hickory, NC Hickory From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Hickory, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 87 Housing Units (2000): 40 Land area (2000): 0.551604 sq. miles (1.428649 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.003346 sq. miles (0.008665 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.554950 sq. miles (1.437314 sq. km) FIPS code: 34150 Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40 Location: 34.559558 N, 96.856941 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Hickory, OK Hickory From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Hickory, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi Population (2000): 499 Housing Units (2000): 207 Land area (2000): 0.931167 sq. miles (2.411712 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.931167 sq. miles (2.411712 sq. km) FIPS code: 31980 Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28 Location: 32.316880 N, 89.023376 W ZIP Codes (1990): 39332 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Hickory, MS Hickory
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