hickory

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hickory^¹

/ˈhɪkəɹiː/
/ˈhɪkɹiː/

Rhymes with -ɪkəɹi

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A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery, from Powhatan pawcohiccora.

noun hickories · hiccory · hickery · pokickery

countable Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts. [H]e came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump And said, "Boy, let me tell you what."
uncountable The wood of these trees.
countable, uncountable A coarse, durable cotton fabric. The loggers wore hickory shirts.
countable, informal A club with a head made from hickory wood. What you find out is, if you have good hickories, you can play anywhere from 5,300 yards to 6,100 with no problem.

Hickory^²

proper noun

A census-designated place in Graves County, Kentucky, named for the hickory trees.
An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
A town in Newton County, Mississippi, named for "Old Hickory" (Andrew Jackson).
A city mostly in Catawba County, North Carolina, named after the Hickory Tavern.
A town in Murray County, Oklahoma.
A census-designated place in Mount Pleasant Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia.
A number of townships, listed under Hickory Township.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hickory tree, mockernut, shellbark, shagbark, bitternut, alder, hican, hickory nut, pecan, pecan tree, hognut, peccan, paccan, pekaun, hackberry, chestnut

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noun tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya

Español	jicoria, nogal americano
中文	山核桃 shān hétáo
Kiswahili	mkarya
Português	hicória
Français	noyer blanc, caryer
Deutsch	Hickorynussbaum
Italiano	noce americano
Română	hicori
Русский	ги́кори gíkori, ка́рия kárija

noun wood of the tree

Kiswahili	ubao wa mkarya

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@misc{hickory_2026,
  title = {hickory},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hickory},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}