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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Algonquian
Origin: pawcohiccora 'food made from crushed nuts'

hickory

 noun
     
Related topics: Plants
hick‧o‧ry plural hickories [uncountable and countable]
HBP a North American tree that produces nuts, or the wood that comes from this tree
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