Pecan Definition

pĭ-kän, -kăn, pēkăn
pecans
noun
pecans
The North American tree (Carya illinoensis) of the walnut family on which it grows.
Webster's New World
An olive-shaped, edible nut with a thin, smooth shell.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Carya illinoinsis
  • Carya illinoensis
  • pecan tree

Other Word Forms of Pecan

Noun

Singular:
pecan
Plural:
pecans

Origin of Pecan

  • Borrowed into English from the French word pacane and at first spelt paccan. The French word derives from an Algonquian word, perhaps Miami (Illinois) pakani. Compare Cree pakan (“hard nut"), Ojibwe bagaan, Abenaki pagann, bagôn, pagôn (“nut; walnut, hazelnut").

    From Wiktionary

  • North American French pacane from Illinois pakani

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pecan Sentence Examples

  • Pecan nuts are an increasingly important crop.

  • The English walnut, pecan, apple, apricot, pear and cherry are also cultivated.

  • It smelled sweet and spicy, a scent that always reminded him of pecan pie.

  • The beautiful live oaks and magnolias grow only in the south of the state; the holly in the lowlands; and the finest species of pecan, in the Delta.

  • Loblolly pine, cypress, oaks, hickory, ash, pecan, maple, beech and a few other deciduous trees are interspersed among both the long-leaf and the short-leaf pines, and the proportion of deciduous trees increases to the westward.

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