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pecan
(piːkən, US pɪkɑːn)
Word forms: plural pecans
countable noun
Pecans or pecan nuts are nuts with a thin, smooth shell that grow on trees in the southern United States and central America and that you can eat.
pecan in British English
(pɪˈkæn, ˈpiːkən)
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
Word origin
C18: from Algonquian paccan; related to Ojibwa pagân nut with a hard shell, Cree pakanpecan in American English
(piˈkɑn; piˈkæn; pɪˈkɑn; pɪˈkæn; ˈpiˌkɑn; ˈpiˌkæn)
US
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
Word origin
18th-c. Mississippi Valley Fr pacane < Illinois pakaniImage ofpecan
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Examples of 'pecan' in a sentencepecan
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