Noun: hickory nut
- Small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories
"Squirrels gathered hickory nuts in preparation for winter"
Derived forms: hickory nuts
Type of: edible nut, nut
Part of: big shagbark, big shellbark, big shellbark hickory, Carya laciniosa, Carya ovata, king nut, king nut hickory, shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory
Encyclopedia: Hickory nut