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shagbark

noun

Etymology

From shag + bark.

  1. derived from bꜣjr<hiero>b-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1</hiero>
  2. derived from br
  3. derived from ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ
  4. derived from βᾶρις
  5. derived from bāris
  6. derived from barca
  7. derived from barque
  8. inherited from barke
  9. compounded as shagbark — “shag + bark”

Definitions

  1. A North-American hickory (Carya ovata) that has shaggy bark in mature trees

    A North-American hickory (Carya ovata) that has shaggy bark in mature trees; shagbark hickory

    • Trees such as the pin oak, the shagbark hickory, the linden, and the sugar maple are the arboreal equivalent of the high school student council.
    • They thought he was strong, tough, and resilient--just like the wood of the shagbark hickory tree, which is used to make athletic equipment today.
    • The face of the country is exceedingly beautiful, the soil fertile, and bearing oaks and shagbark hickory.

  2. A West Indian leguminous tree, Pithecellobium micradenium.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA