1. Hickory of the eastern United States having leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
   "The swamp hickory thrived in the wetland areas of the forest";
   - bitternut, bitternut hickory, bitter hickory, bitter pignut, Carya cordiformis

Derived forms: swamp hickories

Type of: hickory, hickory tree

Part of: Carya, genus Carya