英语词汇hickory的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	hickory
词源	hickory. Pawcohiccora was the name American Indians near Jamestown, Virginia gave to the milky liquor they obtained from nuts from a tree that abounded in the area. Colonists called the milky liquor and nuts hiccora, or hickory, abandon- ing the first part of the Indian word, and eventually applied the word hickory to the useful tree the nuts came from, which sup- plied them with a stony, tough wood good for many purposes.
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