black hickory n 1: smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut [syn: {mockernut}, {mockernut hickory}, {white-heart hickory}, {big-bud hickory}, {Carya tomentosa}] 2: an American hickory tree having bitter nuts [syn: {pignut}, {pignut hickory}, {brown hickory}, {Carya glabra}] 3: North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut [syn: {black walnut}, {black walnut tree}, {Juglans nigra}]