Definitions for shagbark

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shagbark shag·bark

Spelling: [shag-bahrk]

IPA: /ˈʃægˌbɑrk/

Shagbark is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 197 anagrams from letters in shagbark (aabghkrs).

Definitions for shagbark

noun

1. a hickory, Carya ovata, having shaggy, rough bark and yielding a valuable wood.
2. the wood.
3. the ellipsoidal, slightly angular nut of this tree.

Origin of shagbark

First recorded in 1685-95; shag(gy) + bark²

Examples for shagbark

Dr. Deming: This is undoubtedly a shagbark—mockernut hybrid.

shagbark can be put on, I suppose, ten other kinds of hickory, but the pecan can not.

shagbark hickory has also been grown, but not in large enough quantity to include it in the list of available trees.