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/pəkˈɑn/ /pˈikˌɑn/ /pɪkˈæn/ Listen

Pecan

noun

(Written also pacane)

Wood of a pecan tree.

Tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts. Synonyms: Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsis, pecan tree.

Smooth brown oval nut of south central United States.

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bitter pecan

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"Pecan" Quotes from Famous Books

... among leaves, signifies a long, peaceful existence. Failure in love or business will follow in proportion as the pecan is decayed. ...

— 10,000 Dreams Interpreted • Gustavus Hindman Miller

... Girdler. The twig girdler lays her eggs in the twigs of pear, pecan, apple, and other trees. It is necessary that the larvae develop in dead wood. This the mother provides by girdling the twig so deeply that it will die and fall to ...

— Agriculture for Beginners - Revised Edition • Charles William Burkett

... The old man and his wife took us into their flower-garden, where were one hundred and twenty-five varieties of roses and many kinds of shrubbery, and the greatest variety of cactus I ever saw; many of them were six and eight feet high. One large pecan-tree was almost covered with a small yellow rose-climber in full bloom, presenting a beautiful appearance. They gathered nearly an armful of flowers for us, and took us into the room in which a bursting shell ...

— A Woman's Life-Work - Labors and Experiences • Laura S. Haviland

... seeing that the basis of my speculation was near the centre of the field, and busily feeding on the bountiful growths of nature, I crept softly through the wires of the fence that I might gather some pecan nuts under a big tree that stood some twenty rods away. I reached the tree in safety, and proceeded to pick up the nuts. I had filled one pocket only when I heard a noise behind me, and, looking up, I saw that all the profits of my stock speculation, and all my stock itself, were ...

— The Busted Ex-Texan and Other Stories • W. H. H. Murray

Words linked to "Pecan" : genus Carya, bitter pecan, Carya, edible nut, nut tree, Carya illinoensis, wood