Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shagbark

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: shag-bark
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A North-American hickory (Carya ovata) that has shaggy bark in mature trees; shagbark hickory

noun

A West Indian leguminous tree, Pithecellobium micradenium.

Example Sentences

"Trees such as the pin oak, the shagbark hickory, the linden, and the sugar maple are the arboreal equivalent of the high school student council."
"They thought he was strong, tough, and resilient--just like the wood of the shagbark hickory tree, which is used to make athletic equipment today."
"The face of the country is exceedingly beautiful, the soil fertile, and bearing oaks and shagbark hickory."

Etymology

From shag + bark.

Inflected Forms

shagbarks (plural)

Synonyms

shagbark hickory shellbark shellbark hickory carya ovata

Questions

What does shagbark mean?: A North-American hickory (Carya ovata) that has shaggy bark in mature trees; shagbark hickory
Where does shagbark come from?: From shag + bark.

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