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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pecan \Pe*can"\, n. [Cf. F. pacane the nut.] (Bot.)
A species of hickory ({Carya oliv[ae]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}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pecan
n 1: wood of a pecan tree
2: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its
nuts [syn: {pecan tree}, {Carya illinoensis}, {Carya
illinoinsis}]
3: smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
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