Shellbark

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shagbark \Shag"bark`\, n. (Bot.)
     A rough-barked species of hickory ({Carya alba}), its nut.
     Called also {shellbark}. See {Hickory}.
     (b) The West Indian {Pithecolobium micradenium}, a legiminous
         tree with a red coiled-up pod.
         [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shellbark \Shell"bark`\, n. (Bot.)
     A species of hickory ({Carya alba}) whose outer bark is loose
     and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shellbark
       n : North American hickory having loose gray shaggy bark and
           edible nuts [syn: {shagbark}, {shagbark hickory}, {shellbark
           hickory}, {Carya ovata}]