[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hickory \hick"ory\, n. north american indian pawcohiccora
   capt. j. smith a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from
   pounded hickory nuts. "pohickory" is named in a list of
   virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to
   "hickory." --j. h. trumbull. bot.
   an american tree of the genus carya, of which there are
   several species. the shagbark is the carya alba, and has a
   very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets.
   the pignut, or brown hickory, is the carya glabra. the
   swamp hickory is carya amara, having a nut whose shell is
   very thin and the kernel bitter.
   1913 webster

   hickory shad. zool.
   a the mattowacca, or fall herring.
   b the gizzard shad.
       1913 webster
see also:
carya carya alba carya glabra carya amara hickory shad 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hickory
     n 1: valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
     2: american hardwood tree bearing edible nuts syn: hickory
        tree
see also:
hickory tree 

[3] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

hickory, ky
  zip codes: 42051
hickory, ms town, fips 31980
  location: 32.31655 n, 89.02108 w
  population 1990: 493 211 housing units
  area: 2.4 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 39332
hickory, nc city, fips 31060
  location: 35.73920 n, 81.32622 w
  population 1990: 28301 12701 housing units
  area: 52.6 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 28601, 28602
hickory, ok town, fips 34150
  location: 34.55597 n, 96.85540 w
  population 1990: 77 35 housing units
  area: 1.4 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
hickory, pa
  zip codes: 15340

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

hickory -- u.s. county in missouri
   population 2000:    8940
   housing units 2000: 6184
   land area 2000:     398.628219 sq. miles 1032.442304 sq. km
   water area 2000:    13.109916 sq. miles 33.954526 sq. km
   total area 2000:    411.738135 sq. miles 1066.396830 sq. km
   located within:       missouri mo, fips 29
   location:             37.916612 n, 93.333791 w
   headwords:
    hickory
    hickory, mo
    hickory county
    hickory county, mo

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

hickory, nc -- u.s. city in north carolina
   population 2000:    37222
   housing units 2000: 16571
   land area 2000:     28.068538 sq. miles 72.697177 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.007093 sq. miles 0.018370 sq. km
   total area 2000:    28.075631 sq. miles 72.715547 sq. km
   fips code:            31060
   located within:       north carolina nc, fips 37
   location:             35.737682 n, 81.328372 w
   zip codes 1990:     28601 28602
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    hickory, nc
    hickory

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

hickory, ok -- u.s. town in oklahoma
   population 2000:    87
   housing units 2000: 40
   land area 2000:     0.551604 sq. miles 1.428649 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.003346 sq. miles 0.008665 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.554950 sq. miles 1.437314 sq. km
   fips code:            34150
   located within:       oklahoma ok, fips 40
   location:             34.559558 n, 96.856941 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    hickory, ok
    hickory

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

hickory, ms -- u.s. town in mississippi
   population 2000:    499
   housing units 2000: 207
   land area 2000:     0.931167 sq. miles 2.411712 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.931167 sq. miles 2.411712 sq. km
   fips code:            31980
   located within:       mississippi ms, fips 28
   location:             32.316880 n, 89.023376 w
   zip codes 1990:     39332
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    hickory, ms
    hickory

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