hickory
noun/ˈhɪkəri/
/ˈhɪkəri/
[uncountable]- the hard wood of the North American hickory treeWord Originlate 17th cent.: abbreviation of pohickery, the local Virginian name, from Algonquian pawcohiccora.
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