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hickory

/ˈhɪkəɹiː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.12 in modern English

Syllables
hick-o-ry
IPA
/ˈhɪkəɹiː/
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.

Countable

noun

The wood of these trees.

Uncountable

noun

A coarse, durable cotton fabric.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A club with a head made from hickory wood.

Countable; Informal

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Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hickories (plural) hiccory (alternative, obsolete) hickery (alternative, obsolete) pokickery (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

hican hickoryite

Phrases

banded hickory borer beaked hickory black hickory brown hickory hickory cloth Hickory County hickory elm hickory eucalyptus

Synonyms

hickory tree

Rhymes With

trickery vicary chicory stickery pickery liquory

Questions

How do you pronounce hickory?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɪkəɹiː/.
What does hickory mean?
Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
Where does hickory come from?
A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery, from Powhatan pawcohiccora.

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