shagbarkn.
/ˈʃaɡbɑːk/, U.S. /ˈʃæɡˌbɑrk/, Caribbean English /ˈʃaɡˌbaː(r)k/ Caribbean and U.S.
1. Caribbean. = savonette n. 2.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding soap > [noun] > other plants yielding soap
soap-tree1666
shagbark1691
quillay1717
quillaia1846
soap-root1846
savonette1864
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > soap > soap substitute
soap-fruit1666
shagbark1691
soapberry1693
soap-root1846
soap-nut1858
soap-bark1861
soap-pod1866
soapine1883
1691–6 Plukenet Almagestum in Wks. (1769) III. 373 Shag~barke Barbadensibus dicta, eo quod in hac Arbore cortex scabritie valde asperatus est.
1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787 Shag-bark: Pithecolobium micradenium.
2. U.S. A variety of hickory n.; also the wood or the nut of this tree. Also attributive or adj. as a designation of this tree.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > hickory
pohickory1644
pignut1666
hickory1670
hickory tree1682
shagbark1751
shell-bark1769
scaly-bark1775
swamp hickory1806
hognut hickory1810
kiskitomasa1817
water hickory1818
nutmeg hickory1832
king-nut1880
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [adjective] > of the hickory
hickory1734
shagbark1751
shag-barked1786
nutmeg hickory1832
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > North American > hickory
pohickory1644
hickory1670
shagbark1751
shell-bark1769
scaly-bark1775
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > pecan or hickory > pecan or hickory tree > types of
shagbark1751
shell-bark1769
scaly-bark1775
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > hickory > nut
pignut1666
shagbark1860
shell-bark1885
hog-nut1916
1751 J. Bartram Observ. Trav. from Pensilvania 67 A great hill, cloathed with large Magnolia,..shagbark-hickery, chesnut and chesnut oak.
1788 J. May Jrnl. & Lett. 20 June My men employed in planting shagbarks, which out here [i.e. at Marietta, Ohio] are the largest one can conceive of.
1827 J. Q. Adams Mem. 12 Aug. Two more of my shagbark walnut-trees have come up.
1856 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 304 There were the same high-heaped shagbark trees.
1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Shag~bark,..the nut of the tree Carya alba.
1866 J. G. Whittier Snow-bound 348 From the shagbark overhead The grizzled squirrel dropped his shell.
1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People xx. 179 For the frost ripened the shag-bark walnuts.
1902 J. B. Greenough & G. L. Kittredge Words 340 In some parts of America the name walnut is given to the ‘shagbark’, a kind of hickory nut, and the true walnut is known as the ‘English walnut’.
Derivatives
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [adjective] > of the hickory
hickory1734
shagbark1751
shag-barked1786
nutmeg hickory1832
1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 35 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Walnut tree,..Black American, or hickory,..Shag barked.
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