shellbark

[ shel-bahrk ]

/ ˈʃɛlˌbɑrk /

the shagbark tree.

Origin of shellbark

First recorded in 1750–60; shell + bark²

The tent was soon staked under the shellbark trees, and the canoes were carried out beside it.

Canoe Boys and Campfires |William Murray Graydon
Sometimes in the river bottoms it grows in situations too wet for the shellbark hickory.

Trees of Indiana |Charles Clemon Deam
In compressed form, in color of nut, also in the angularity and thickness of shell, it is quite similar to shellbark hickory.

The Pecan and its Culture |H. Harold Hume
On the other hand this is the first contest where a prize has been awarded to a shellbark, Carya laciniosa.

Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting |Northern Nut Growers Association

A curious example of persistence, when so much else has perished, is found in the word "Kiskatomas," the shellbark nut.

Old-Time Gardens |Alice Morse Earle

shellbark

/ (ˈʃɛlˌbɑːk) /

another name for shagbark

C19: so called from the texture of its bark