1. American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
   "The hickory tree's strong wood was prized for tool handles";
   - hickory tree
    
2. Valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
   "Hickory was traditionally used for making wagon wheels due to its strength"

Derived forms: hickories

Type of: nut tree, wood

Part of: Carya, genus Carya

Encyclopedia: Hickory, North Carolina metropolitan area