hickory nut

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	edible nut,
definition	:	a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell (noun.food)

part meronym	:	big shagbark, big shellbark, big shellbark hickory, carya laciniosa, king nut, king nut hickory,
definition	:	hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	carya ovata, shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory,
definition	:	North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts (noun.plant)