white-heart hickory whi·te·heart·hickory uncommon noun 1. smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut Synonymsmockernutmockernut hickoryblack hickorywhite-heart hickorybig-bud hickoryCarya tomentosa Related words Broader terms hickory Parts Carya WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.