Thesaurus: pecan

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1. n. A species of hickory (Carya olivaeformis), growing in North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also, its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat.
2. n. wood of a pecan tree
3. n. tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts
4. n. smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
5. A species of hickory (Carya olivæformis), growing in North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also, its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and well- flavored meat. [Written also pacane.]
6. A species of hickory (Carya olivæformis), growing in NorthAmerica, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where it isone of the largest of forest trees; also, its fruit, a smooth, oblongnut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat. [Written also pacane.]
7. n:100 n. wood of a pecan tree n. tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts n. smooth brown oval nut of south central United States