Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A deciduous tree (Carya illinoinensis) of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.
- noun The smooth, thin-shelled oval nut of this tree.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A North American tree, Hicoria Pecan (Carya olivæ-formis).
- noun The nut of the pecan-tree, which is olive-shaped, an inch long or over, smooth and thin-shelled, with a very sweet and oily meat. It is gathered in large quantities for the general market.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
deciduous tree Carya illinoinensis of the central and southernUnited States , having deeplyfurrowed bark ,pinnately compound leaves , andedible nuts . - noun A
smooth ,thin -shelled ,edible oval nut of this tree. - noun A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun wood of a pecan tree
- noun tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts
- noun smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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High hopes are held that that other favorite hickory, the pecan (_H. pecan_) may be grown far outside its native range, and the Indiana pecan is the nut on which these hopes are founded.
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_Carya-ovalis_, and the pallid hickory, _Carya pallida_; while two belong to the open bud class, _Apocarya_, the pecan, _Carya pecan_, and the bitternut, _Carya cordiformis_.
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Reasonable people can differ as to whether the black walnut or the pecan is the queen of nuts.
Creole Tea Cakes Lindy 2006
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You'll find that this same method works with many different nuts, although the pecan is by far the most traditional.
Kurt Michael Friese: Pecan Pie from Scratch Kurt Michael Friese 2010
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You'll find that this same method works with many different nuts, although the pecan is by far the most traditional.
Kurt Michael Friese: Pecan Pie from Scratch Kurt Michael Friese 2010
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March 14th, 2010 at 10: 46 am dbadass says: pecan is cool but it has to be served still warm …
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Snow Nov 17 pumpkin pecan pie. two in one kinda thing.
Apples & Leaves Pie Top Cutter and a Giveaway! | Baking Bites 2009
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The recipe starts with a relatively plain pecan muffin batter - but that is the only thing remotely plain about this recipe.
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I would give every participant some, but $56.20 a pecan is expensive!
Four More Days! ____Maggie 2008
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The recipe starts with a relatively plain pecan muffin batter - but that is the only thing remotely plain about this recipe.
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But, in reality, the pecan—from the Algonquin Indian paccan, meaning "nuts that require a stone to crack"—a rugged-looking, buttery Southern nut that fills our tables every holiday season, comes in more than 500 varieties.
Not Just One Nut Dominique Lemoine 2013
pterodactyl commented on the word pecan
See this map for American pronunciation.
April 10, 2008