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the wood that grills your bacon, swings as a bat, and outlasts your house.
means A tough North American hardwood tree of the walnut family, prized for its dense, shock-resistant wood and smoky-flavored nuts and chips.
from From an Algonquian word recorded by early Virginia colonists as 'pawcohiccora' — a milky drink or paste made by pounding the tree's nuts. English settlers clipped that mouthful down to 'hickory,' keeping the nut's name and handing it to the whole tree.
- shock absorber
- Tougher than steel by weight, springs back hard
- flavor maker
- Its smoke defines classic American barbecue
- old tools
- Axe handles and drumsticks rely on it
- nut bearer
- Pecan trees are members of the hickory family
- named clock
- The nursery rhyme mouse climbed one
hickory dickory dock — english nursery rhyme from 1728 with the famous clock-striking mouse
hickory nc furniture — hickory, north carolina became the world furniture capital in the 20th century with over 100 manufacturers
andrew jackson hickory — old hickory was andrew jackson's nickname from his toughness in the war of 1812