pecan

noun
pe·can
/piːˈkɑːn/<aa:most common <<US>> pronunciation except in New York, New England and coastal Southeast><ref:[http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_21.html The Dialect Survey], and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130606184957/http://spark-1590165977.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com/jkatz/SurveyMaps/ Joshua Katz's maps of it]<<name:dialect>>>

A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.

Other meanings

A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.
A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut.

A kind of

wood

Related words

hican
pecan pie
pecan sandy
pecan tree
pecan weevil
pecan truffle

Word history

From French "pacane".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “pecan” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.