brown hickory


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Noun1.brown hickory - an American hickory tree having bitter nutsbrown hickory - an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
Carya glabra, pignut, pignut hickory, black hickory
Carya, genus Carya - genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China
hickory tree, hickory - American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
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Hickory, red hickory, white hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, pignut hickory, mockernut hickory, shellbark hickory, scalyback hickory, big shellbark hickory; bottom hickory, western hickory, thick shellbark hickory, shagbark hickory, broom hickory
One tough nut: Hickory's tough-guy reputation still precedes it, but many have found useful applications for the wood's steam bending properties as well

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