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pecan definition

☆ pe·can (pē kän′, -kan′; pi-; pē′kän′, -kan′)

noun

  1. an olive-shaped, edible nut with a thin, smooth shell
  2. the North American tree (Carya illinoensis) of the walnut family on which it grows

Etymology: 18th-c. Mississippi Valley Fr pacane < Illinois pakani

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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