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pecan
[ pi-kahn, -kan, pee-kan ]
noun
- a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- a nut of this tree.
pecan
/ pɪˈkæn; ˈpiːkən /
noun
- a hickory tree, Carya pecan (or C. illinoensis ), of the southern US, having deeply furrowed bark and edible nuts
- the smooth oval nut of this tree, which has a sweet oily kernel
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Origin of pecan1
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Example Sentences
The rest of Perry, with its population of around 15,000, is ringed by churches, pecan groves, and cotton fields.
INSIDER TIP: Bring a collapsible sports chair and (try to) leave room for pecan pie and bread pudding.
Outside, oak and hickory and pecan trees dotted the rolling grassland.
Girls weighed 90 pounds and barfed after eating a whole half-gallon of butter pecan ice cream.
He moves past the thick-trunked oak and pecan trees, headed for the city bus stop two blocks away.
The spice-wood (laurus benzoin) and the pecan (carya olivformis) first occurred to-day.
Its flavor can not compare with that of the pecan, hickory, or black walnut.
This class of nuts is adopted to the north where the pecan is unsatisfactory.
The pecan nuts mother usually bought ready shelled so Betsey had only to measure them out with the other ingredients.
Taking some of the cream, she molded it into balls, pressed flat and put half a pecan on each side.
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