hickory

[Bartlett notes the resemblance in sound and sense to Gr. he carua =the walnut, but adds that hickory is of American aboriginal derivation.] Bot. & Comm.: The several species Carya, a genus of Jug land a cere. Carya alba is the Shell-bark, Scaly-bark, or Shag-bark Hickory, from the tend ency of the bark to peel off in long loose strips. Its wood is noted for its elasticity and toughne . It is a large tree, sometimes eighty or ninety feet high, by two feet in diameter, growing in this country from South Carolina to New Hampshire. The leaves, which are about twenty inches long, are pinnate, leaflets five serrate. The nuts, which are whitish, are sub-globular, pointed at each end. Other species of the genus are the Mocker-nut, White-heart, or Common Hickory (C. to mentos a ), the wood of which is excellent for mechanical purposes, or for burning, the Bitter-nut or Swamp Hickory ( C. amara ), the Pig-nut Hickory, or Hognut or Broom Hickory ( C. porcina ), the Nutmeg Hickory ( C. myristicæform is), . The Hickory of New South Wales is Eucalyptus stuart i an a and E. res in if era .