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Webster 1913 Edition
Pecan
Pe-can′
(pē̍-kăn′)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
pacane
the nut.] (Bot.)
A species of hickory (
Carya olivæformis
), 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
.]