Definition of "hickory"

hickory

/ˈhɪkəɹiː/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural hickories
1. (countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
  Quotations
  [H]e came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hotAnd the devil jumped up on a hickory stumpAnd said, "Boy, let me tell you what."
  1979, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, in Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, "Taz" DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, Charles Hayward, James W. Marshall (lyrics), Million Mile Reflections, performed by The Charlie Daniels Band
2. (uncountable) The wood of these trees.
3. A coarse, durable cotton fabric.
4. (countable, golf, informal) A club with a head made from hickory wood.
  Quotations
  What you find out is, if you have good hickories, you can play anywhere from 5,300 yards to 6,100 with no problem.
  2012, Lee Pace, The Golden Age of Pinehurst: The Story of the Rebirth of No. 2, page 117
  I still had in my possession thirteen sets of hickories and a good stock of gutty golf balls, […]
  2013, Alfie Ward, Fairways! What Fairways?, page 182
adjective
not comparable
1. Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood.