What (who) is Pecan - definition
SPECIES OF NUT-BEARING TREE
Pecans; Carya illinoinensis; Pecan nut; Illinois nut hickory; Carya illinoensis; Pecan tree; Pecano; Carya pecan; Pecan trees; Illinois Nut Hickory; Bitter pecan; Carya oliviformis; Carya illinoiensis; Carya olivaeformis; Juglans illinoensis; Pecan breeding; Pecan cultivar; Pecan grove (orchard)
![Pecan trees being irrigated in [[Anthony, New Mexico]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irrigating Pecans.jpg?width=200 "Pecan trees being irrigated in [[Anthony, New Mexico]]")
![Pecan sprouting in moist wood-chip mulch in [[Eastern Oklahoma]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pecan sprouting.jpg?width=200 "Pecan sprouting in moist wood-chip mulch in [[Eastern Oklahoma]]")
![''Carya illinoinensis'', [[MHNT]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carya illinoinensis MHNT.BOT.2011.3.85.jpg?width=200 "''Carya illinoinensis'', [[MHNT]]")
![[[Pecan pie]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PecanPie.JPG?width=200 "[[Pecan pie]]")
Pecan
·noun A species of hickory (Carya olivaeformis), 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.
pecan
['pi:k(?)n, p?'kan, p?'k?:n]
¦ noun
1. a smooth pinkish-brown nut resembling a walnut.
2. a hickory tree of the southern US, which produces pecans. [Carya illinoensis.]
Origin
C18: from Fr. pacane, from Illinois (an Amer. Ind. lang.).
pecan
(pecans)
Pecans or pecan nuts are nuts with a thin, smooth shell that grow on trees in the southern United States and central America and that you can eat.
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Pecan
The pecan (Carya illinoinensis) is a species of hickory native to the southern United States and northern Mexico in the region of the Mississippi River. The tree is cultivated for its seed primarily in the U.S. states of Georgia, New Mexico, and Texas, and in Mexico. The seed is an edible nut used as a snack and in various recipes, such as praline candy and pecan pie. The pecan is the state nut of Alabama, Arkansas, California, and Texas, and is also the state tree of Texas.
Pronunciation examples for Pecan
1. to toasted pecan.
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2. which includes the pecan tree.
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3. And she ordered a slice of pecan pie.
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4. and a steaming pile of pecan quinoa pilaf
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5. is a world that we dubbed the pecan pie world.
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Examples of use of Pecan
1. National Georgia Pecan Month: Heralds Georgia as the nation‘s top pecan–producing state, which provides 50 percent of America‘s pecan supply.
2. Dessert was two kinds of pie –– Texas pecan and pumpkin.
3. Pecan farmer David Salopek, president of the New Mexico Pecan Growers Association, said listing Texas as the top producer is a misnomer when comparing actual kernel meat.
4. "Homemade bread and pecan pie." He stays for dinner.
5. Georgia was the nation‘s third–leading pecan producer last year.