pecan : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pecan	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pecan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pecan n wood of a pecan tree tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts Synonym(s): pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsis smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pecan \Pe*can"\, n. [Cf. F. pacane the nut.] (Bot.) A species of hickory ({Carya oliv[91]formis}), 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. [Written also {pacane}.]