单词 | red hickory |
释义 | > as lemmasred hickory red hickory n. chiefly North American either of two hickories of the United States, mockernut hickory, Carya alba, and pignut hickory, C. ovalis (sometimes included in C. glabra); (also) the wood of either of these trees. ΚΠ 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 99 There is another sort, which we call red Hiccory..of which Walking-Sticks, Mortars, Pestils, and several other fine Turnery-wares are made. 1819 D. B. Warden Statist., Polit. & Hist. Acct. U.S. II. 271 (note) The land is good, and there is abundance of fine tall red hickery trees. 1897 G. B. Sudworth Arborescent Flora U.S. 114 Mockernut (Hickory)... [Also called] Red Hickory (Fla.). 1909 Middletown (N.Y.) Daily Times–Press 27 July 8/3 Well seasoned red hickory weighs 52.87 pounds to the cubic foot. 1976 W. J. Bean's Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles (ed. 8) i. 515 C[arya] ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. Red Hickory... The taxonomic position of this species is disputed. < as lemmas |
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