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Answer for the clue "North American hickory having loose gray shaggy bark and edible nuts ", 8 letters:
shagbark

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. North American hickory having loose gray shaggy bark and edible nuts [syn: shagbark hickory , shellbark , shellbark hickory , Carya ovata ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of hickory, 1751, from shag (n.) + bark (n.1).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A North-American hickory ((taxlink Carya ovata species noshow=1)) that has shaggy bark in mature trees; shagbark hickory

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shagbark \Shag"bark`\, n. (Bot.) A rough-barked species of hickory ( Carya alba ), its nut. Called also shellbark . See Hickory . (b) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium , a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.

Usage examples of shagbark.

Blackberries ripened in the fields, acorns and shagbarks dropped from the trees, squirrels ran among the branches, and not rarely the hen-hawk might be seen circling over the barnyard.

When he found a handful of shagbarks, one morning, in a hole only a foot below the surface, his astonishment knew no bounds.

It was green and rolling where the cliffs rose above the Rock River, and the thick stands of shagbark hickory, white oak, red elm, and maple predated the coming of the white man into Indian territory.

It was silent as they passed through towering stands of hardwoods-red elm, white and black oak, shagbark hickory, and birch.

They left the trail where it ended and began to snake their way through monstrous fir and spruce, shagbark hickory and white oak, red elm and ash.

A stand of shagbark hickories threw shadows across a rusted swing set to the left of the carport.