Water Hickory (Noun)
Meaning
Hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The carya aquatica or water hickory found in southeastern states of the US is surprisingly drought-tolerant.
- In autumn months, one species from the US south often recognized for its nuttiness, carya aquatica, can grow roughly up to thirty meters in height with trunks a meter in diameter.
- Careful tree watch: many Southern Floridians recognize today that 'water hickory' is slang for carya aquatica.
- Hoping the hickory hovers safely above floodplains of Tennessee's Mississippi River sections - its life requirement, one part soil, one part flood resilience.
- Tree selection tip: think how little kids would be happy with Carya aquatica - water hickory can thrive in the US despite challenging water environments at ground zero.