BIG SHELLBARK

 Dictionary entry overview: What does big shellbark mean? 

• BIG SHELLBARK (noun)
  The noun BIG SHELLBARK has 1 sense:

1. hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut

  Familiarity information: BIG SHELLBARK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIG SHELLBARK (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "big shellbark"):

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

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

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