shagbark n 1: North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts [syn: {shagbark}, {shagbark hickory}, {shellbark}, {shellbark hickory}, {Carya ovata}]
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]