Pecan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /piːˈkɑːn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pecan is a noun meaning A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.
Meaning
A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.
More Meanings
- A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut.
- A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.
Example Sentences
Each shell contains two pecans, usually plump and oblong in shape, although some varieties are round or pointed.
Within its ornamental fence, the 8/10-acre property includes several of the largest live oaks in the area — plus huge pecans and stately magnolias.
And away on the farther bank, a motte of huge pecans, standing like giant sentinels over the dwarfed landscape, filled the eye with remote vistas in their shady, twilight aisles. It was very still.
MEG. […] (Meg takes out two pecans and tries to open them by cracking them together.) Come on ... Crack, you demons! Crack! LENNY. We have a nutcracker! MEG. (Trying with her teeth.) Ah, where's the sport in a nutcracker? Where's the challenge?
Word Forms
- pecans
- peccan
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include walnut, nut, shellers, peccan, paccan, hickory.
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