<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Plural: hickories.</li><li>Any of several North American trees belonging to the genus <em>Carya</em>, of the walnut family, certain species of which bear edible nuts or yield valuable wood.</li><li>Compare: pecan, shagbark.</li><li>The wood of any of these trees.</li><li>A switch, stick, etc., of this wood.</li><li>Baseball slang: a baseball bat.</li><li>Also called hickory cloth: a strong fabric of twill construction, used chiefly in the manufacture of work clothes.</li></ul>