English

Noun

paccan ‎(plural paccans)

1. Alternative form of pecan (tree).
2. Alternative form of pecan (nut).

   • 1944, Thomas Jefferson, Edwin Morris Betts, editor, Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book (Gardening), Reprint edition, UNC Press Books, published 2002, ISBN 9781882886111, page 118:

     … to send him some paccan nuts. … Jefferson in his reply wrote: "The Paccan nut is, as you conjecture the Illinois nut, ..., and enters into the Botanical name with is Juglans Paccan"

   • 2004, Frederic Rosengarten, Jr., “Pecans”, in The Book of Edible Nuts (Cooking), Courier Dover Publications, ISBN 9780486434995, page 172:

     A creamy liquid called powcohicoria or "hickory milk" was prepared by the Algonquins: pacan kernals were pounded into small pieces, cast into boiling water, strained and stirred.

References

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, 1911