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Noun: big shellbark
  1. Hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut
    - big shellbark hickory, big shagbark, king nut, king nut hickory, Carya laciniosa

Derived forms: big shellbarks

Type of: hickory, hickory tree

Part of: Carya, genus Carya