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/ˈhɪkəɹiː/ · noun
(countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts..
[H]e came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump And said, "Boy, let me tell you what."
The loggers wore hickory shirts.
What you find out is, if you have good hickories, you can play anywhere from 5,300 yards to 6,100 with no problem.
I still had in my possession thirteen sets of hickories and a good stock of gutty golf balls, […]
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Hickory means (countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts..
Common synonyms include hickory tree.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[H]e came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump And said, "Boy, let me tell you what."
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