hickory

== English == === Alternative forms === hiccory, hickery, pokickery (obsolete) === Etymology === A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery, from Powhatan pawcohiccora. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɪkəɹiː/, /ˈhɪkɹiː/ Rhymes: -ɪkəɹi === Noun === hickory (countable and uncountable, plural hickories) (countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts. (uncountable) The wood of these trees. A coarse, durable cotton fabric. (countable, golf, informal) A club with a head made from hickory wood. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Translingual: Hicoria ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Noun === hickory m (plural hickorys) hickory === Further reading === “hickory”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012