- hickory nut - small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories
--1 is a kind of edible nut
--1 is a part ofshagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory, Carya ovata; big shellbark, big shellbark hickory, big shagbark, king nut, king nut hickory, Carya laciniosa