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carya
(encz) | Carya, |
carya
(wn) | Carya
n 1: genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States
and China [syn: Carya, genus Carya] |
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carya
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caryatid
(encz) | caryatid,karyatida n: Zdeněk Brož |
caryatides
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Carya alba
(gcide) | Shagbark \Shag"bark`\, n. (Bot.)
A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut.
Called also shellbark. See Hickory.
(b) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous
tree with a red coiled-up pod.
[1913 Webster]Shellbark \Shell"bark`\, n. (Bot.)
A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose
and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.
[1913 Webster]Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, 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.
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Hickory shad. (Zool.)
(a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b) The gizzard shad.
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Carya amara
(gcide) | Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, 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.
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Hickory shad. (Zool.)
(a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b) The gizzard shad.
[1913 Webster]Bitternut \Bit"ter*nut"\, n. (Bot.)
The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are
bitter.
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Carya glabra
(gcide) | Pignut \Pig"nut\ (p[i^]g"n[u^]t), n. (Bot.)
(a) See Groundnut
(d) .
(b) The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory ({Carya
glabra} syn. Carya porcina); also, the tree itself.
[1913 Webster]Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, 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.
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Hickory shad. (Zool.)
(a) The mattowacca, or fall herring.
(b) The gizzard shad.
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Carya olivaeformis
(gcide) | Pecan \Pe*can"\ (p[-e]*k[a^]n"), n. [Cf. F. pacane the nut.]
(Bot.)
A species of hickory (Carya oliv[ae]formis), growing in
North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in
Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also,
its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a
half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat. [Written
also pacane.]
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Carya porcina
(gcide) | Pignut \Pig"nut\ (p[i^]g"n[u^]t), n. (Bot.)
(a) See Groundnut
(d) .
(b) The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory ({Carya
glabra} syn. Carya porcina); also, the tree itself.
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Carya tomentosa
(gcide) | mockernut \mockernut\, mocker nut \mocker nut\n.
1. (Bot.), A smooth-barked North American hickory ({Carya
tomentosa}) with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled
edible nut, which is far inferior to the true shagbark
hickory nut.
Syn: mockernut hickory, black hickory, white-heart hickory,
big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa .
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2. The fruit of the mockernut[1].
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Caryatic
(gcide) | Caryatic \Car`y*at"ic\, Caryatid \Car`y*at"id\, a.
Of or pertaining to a caryatid.
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Caryatid
(gcide) | Caryatic \Car`y*at"ic\, Caryatid \Car`y*at"id\, a.
Of or pertaining to a caryatid.
[1913 Webster]Caryatid \Car`y*at"id\, n.; pl. Caryatids. [See Caryatides.]
(Arch.)
A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the
place of a column or pilaster.
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Caryatides
(gcide) | Caryatides \Car`y*at"i*des\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ? (?)
priestesses in the temple of Diana (the Greek Artemis) at
Cary[ae] (Gr. ?), a village in Laconia; as an architectural
term, caryatids.] (Arch)
Caryatids.
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Note: Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes,
Telamones, and Persians.
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Caryatids
(gcide) | Caryatid \Car`y*at"id\, n.; pl. Caryatids. [See Caryatides.]
(Arch.)
A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the
place of a column or pilaster.
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Cryptocarya moschata
(gcide) | Nutmeg \Nut"meg\, n. [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of
the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F.
noix muscade. See Nut, and Musk.] (Bot.)
The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree ({Myristica
fragrans}), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated
elsewhere in the tropics.
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Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of
a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white
within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal
valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which
is mace. The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to
the taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other
species of Myristica yield nutmegs of inferior
quality.
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American nutmeg, Calabash nutmeg, or Jamaica nutmeg,
the fruit of a tropical shrub (Monodora Myristica). It
is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic
seeds imbedded in pulp.
Brazilian nutmeg, the fruit of a lauraceous tree,
Cryptocarya moschata.
California nutmeg, a tree of the Yew family ({Torreya
Californica}), growing in the Western United States, and
having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but
is strongly impregnated with turpentine.
Clove nutmeg, the Ravensara aromatica, a lauraceous tree
of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the
seed is acrid and caustic.
Jamaica nutmeg. See American nutmeg (above).
Nutmeg bird (Zool.), an Indian finch (Munia punctularia).
Nutmeg butter, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by
expression.
Nutmeg flower (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb ({Nigella
sativa}) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used
medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and
clothing.
Nutmeg liver (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as
the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes
congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its
lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a
nutmeg.
Nutmeg melon (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich
flavor.
Nutmeg pigeon (Zool.), any one of several species of
pigeons of the genus Myristicivora, native of the East
Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or
cream-white, with black on the wings and tail.
Nutmeg wood (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm.
Peruvian nutmeg, the aromatic seed of a South American tree
(Laurelia sempervirens).
Plume nutmeg (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia
(Atherosperma moschata).
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Eucarya
(gcide) | Eucarya \Eucarya\ n.
1. quandong trees.
Syn: genus Eucarya, Fusanus, genus Fusanus.
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carya
(wn) | Carya
n 1: genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States
and China [syn: Carya, genus Carya] |
carya aquatica
(wn) | Carya aquatica
n 1: hickory of southern United States having many narrow
leaflets and rather bitter nuts [syn: water hickory,
bitter pecan, water bitternut, Carya aquatica] |
carya cordiformis
(wn) | Carya cordiformis
n 1: hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7
or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts [syn:
bitternut, bitternut hickory, bitter hickory, {bitter
pignut}, swamp hickory, Carya cordiformis] |
carya glabra
(wn) | Carya glabra
n 1: an American hickory tree having bitter nuts [syn: pignut,
pignut hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, {Carya
glabra}] |
carya illinoensis
(wn) | Carya illinoensis
n 1: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for
its nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis,
Carya illinoinsis] |
carya illinoinsis
(wn) | Carya illinoinsis
n 1: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for
its nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis,
Carya illinoinsis] |
carya laciniosa
(wn) | Carya laciniosa
n 1: hickory of the eastern United States resembling the
shagbark but having a much larger nut [syn: {big
shellbark}, big shellbark hickory, big shagbark, {king
nut}, king nut hickory, Carya laciniosa] |
carya myristicaeformis
(wn) | Carya myristicaeformis
n 1: hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard
nutmeg-shaped nuts [syn: nutmeg hickory, {Carya
myristicaeformis}, Carya myristiciformis] |
carya myristiciformis
(wn) | Carya myristiciformis
n 1: hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard
nutmeg-shaped nuts [syn: nutmeg hickory, {Carya
myristicaeformis}, Carya myristiciformis] |
carya ovata
(wn) | Carya ovata
n 1: North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and
edible nuts [syn: shagbark, shagbark hickory,
shellbark, shellbark hickory, Carya ovata] |
carya tomentosa
(wn) | Carya tomentosa
n 1: smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets
bearing a hard-shelled edible nut [syn: mockernut,
mockernut hickory, black hickory, {white-heart
hickory}, big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa] |
caryatid
(wn) | caryatid
n 1: a supporting column carved in the shape of a person |
eucarya
(wn) | Eucarya
n 1: quandong trees [syn: Eucarya, genus Eucarya, Fusanus,
genus Fusanus] |
eucarya acuminata
(wn) | Eucarya acuminata
n 1: Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
[syn: quandong, quandang, quandong tree, {Eucarya
acuminata}, Fusanus acuminatus] |
genus carya
(wn) | genus Carya
n 1: genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States
and China [syn: Carya, genus Carya] |
genus eucarya
(wn) | genus Eucarya
n 1: quandong trees [syn: Eucarya, genus Eucarya, Fusanus,
genus Fusanus] |
genus pterocarya
(wn) | genus Pterocarya
n 1: Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts [syn: Pterocarya, {genus
Pterocarya}] |
pterocarya
(wn) | Pterocarya
n 1: Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts [syn: Pterocarya, {genus
Pterocarya}] |
pterocarya fraxinifolia
(wn) | Pterocarya fraxinifolia
n 1: medium-sized Caucasian much-branched tree distinguished
from other walnut trees by its winged fruit [syn:
Caucasian walnut, Pterocarya fraxinifolia] |
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