shagbark

[ shag-bahrk ]

noun

1. a hickory, Carya ovata, having shaggy, rough bark and yielding a valuable wood.
2. the wood.
3. the ellipsoidal, slightly angular nut of this tree.

shagbark

/ ˈʃæɡˌbɑːk /

noun

1. a North American hickory tree, Carya ovata, having loose rough bark and edible nuts
2. the wood of this tree, used for tool handles, fuel, etc
3. the light-coloured hard-shelled nut of this tree

Word History and Origins

Origin of shagbark¹

First recorded in 1685–95; shag(gy) + bark ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of shagbark¹

C18: so called because of the texture of its bark

Example Sentences

The prices the agency will pay for qualifying seeds include 1 cent for each black walnut seed and 3 cents for each shagbark hickory seed.

From Washington Times

He was sitting on a stump at the base of a ragged old shagbark hickory.

From Literature

When I arrived, Gerhart donned a pair of hiking boots and took me out to see the pipeline site that runs along three of her twenty-seven acres of white pine and shagbark hickory.

From The New Yorker

But there are 10 trees on the conservancy’s list that will soon be planted on Lookout Hill, including three types of hickories with irresistible names — the pignut hickory, the shagbark hickory and the mockernut hickory.

From New York Times

Whole shagbark hickory trees were hauled from their nearby timber, debarked and used for a great room barrel vaulted ceiling.

From Washington Times