1. Smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
   "Black hickory nuts were gathered by local foragers";
   - mockernut, mockernut hickory, white-heart hickory, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa
    
2. North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut
   "The carpenter prized the rich grain of black hickory wood";
   - black walnut, black walnut tree

Derived forms: black hickories

Type of: hickory, hickory tree, walnut, walnut tree

Part of: Carya, genus Carya, genus Juglans, Juglans

Encyclopedia: Black hickory