Hickory /(?)/

Hick·o·ry

Hickory

n.
  1. An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the Carya alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the Carya glabra. The swamp hickory is Carya amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter. (Bot.)

Phrases & Compounds
Hickory shad
The mattowacca, or fall herring.