'Hickory' definitions:

Definition of 'hickory'

(from WordNet)
noun
Valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
noun
American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts [syn: hickory, hickory tree]

Definition of 'Hickory'

From: GCIDE
  • Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora (Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from pounded hickory nuts. "Pohickory" is named in a list of Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to "hickory." --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.) An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the Carya alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the Carya glabra. The swamp hickory is Carya amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter. [1913 Webster]
  • Hickory shad. (Zool.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad. [1913 Webster]

Hickory, NC -- U.S. city in North Carolina

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hickory, NC -- U.S. city in North Carolina
Population (2000) :
37222
Housing Units (2000) :
16571
Land area (2000) :
28.068538 sq. miles (72.697177 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.007093 sq. miles (0.018370 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
28.075631 sq. miles (72.715547 sq. km)
FIPS code :
31060
Located within :
North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location :
35.737682 N, 81.328372 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
28601 28602
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Hickory, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hickory, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
87
Housing Units (2000) :
40
Land area (2000) :
0.551604 sq. miles (1.428649 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.003346 sq. miles (0.008665 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.554950 sq. miles (1.437314 sq. km)
FIPS code :
34150
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
34.559558 N, 96.856941 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Hickory, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hickory, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
Population (2000) :
499
Housing Units (2000) :
207
Land area (2000) :
0.931167 sq. miles (2.411712 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.931167 sq. miles (2.411712 sq. km)
FIPS code :
31980
Located within :
Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location :
32.316880 N, 89.023376 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
39332
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Hickory -- U.S. County in Missouri

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hickory -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000) :
8940
Housing Units (2000) :
6184
Land area (2000) :
398.628219 sq. miles (1032.442304 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
13.109916 sq. miles (33.954526 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
411.738135 sq. miles (1066.396830 sq. km)
Located within :
Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location :
37.916612 N, 93.333791 W

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