'Shellbark' definitions:
Definition of 'shellbark'
From: WordNet
noun
North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts [syn: shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory, Carya ovata]
Definition of 'Shellbark'
From: GCIDE
- Shellbark \Shell"bark`\, n. (Bot.) A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'shellbark'
From: GCIDE
- Shagbark \Shag"bark`\, n. (Bot.) A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory. (b) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod. [1913 Webster]