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Pecan

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Noun

1. pecan

wood of a pecan tree

2. carya illinoensis, carya illinoinsis, pecan, pecan tree

tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts

3. pecan

smooth brown oval nut of south central United States

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pecan

see synonyms of pecan
noun
1. 
a hickory tree, Carya pecan (or C. illinoensis), of the southern US, having deeply furrowed bark and edible nuts
2. 
the smooth oval nut of this tree, which has a sweet oily kernel

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Pecan

see synonyms of pecan
noun
1. 
an olive-shaped, edible nut with a thin, smooth shell
2. 
the North American tree (Carya illinoensis) of the walnut family on which it grows

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pecan

see synonyms of pecan
n.
1. A deciduous tree (Carya illinoinensis) of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.
2. The smooth, thin-shelled oval nut of this tree.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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