Meaning Of The Word Pecan

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pecan
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 American English
an olive-shaped, edible nut with a thin, smooth shell
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

pecan in British English
noun: a hickory tree, Carya pecan (or C. illinoensis), of the southern US, having deeply furrowed bark and edible nuts

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