» carya
Noun (1 meaning)
carya is a type of:
- dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus (noun) - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
carya is a member of:
members of carya:
- big shellbark, big shellbark hickory, big shagbark, king nut, king nut hickory, Carya laciniosa (noun) - hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut
- bitternut, bitternut hickory, bitter hickory, bitter pignut, swamp hickory, Carya cordiformis (noun) - hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
- hickory, hickory tree (noun) - American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
- mockernut, mockernut hickory, black hickory, white-heart hickory, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa (noun) - smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
- nutmeg hickory, Carya myristicaeformis, Carya myristiciformis (noun) - hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard nutmeg-shaped nuts
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- pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsis (noun) - tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts
- pignut, pignut hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, Carya glabra (noun) - an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
- shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory, Carya ovata (noun) - North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
- water hickory, bitter pecan, water bitternut, Carya aquatica (noun) - hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts