- A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut.
Called also shellbark. See Hickory. - The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous
tree with a red coiled-up pod.
- Open (an oyster) - Remove covering - A shock of grain. - A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of
such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut. - The shell of an oyster or clam. - To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts,
Indian corn, oysters, etc.
- Pecan tree - An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are
several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough
bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown
hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut
whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter.