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black hickory

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables
black- hick-o-ry
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Carya texana, a species of hickory.

Etymology

From black + hickory.

Inflected Forms

black hickories (plural)

Phrases

Carya texana

Frequently Paired Words

Carya texana

Synonyms

Texas hickory black walnut black walnut tree juglans nigra pignut pignut hickory brown hickory carya glabra

Questions

What does black hickory mean?
Carya texana, a species of hickory.
Where does black hickory come from?
From black + hickory.

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