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BIG SHAGBARK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut

Synonyms:

big shagbark; big shellbark; big shellbark hickory; Carya laciniosa; king nut; king nut hickory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("big shagbark" is a kind of...):

hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "big shagbark"):

hickory nut (small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories)

Holonyms ("big shagbark" is a member of...):

Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)

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