'Pecan' definitions:
Definition of 'pecan'
(from WordNet)
noun
Wood of a pecan tree
noun
Tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsis]
noun
Smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
Definition of 'Pecan'
From: GCIDE
- Pecan \Pe*can"\ (p[-e]*k[a^]n"), n. [Cf. F. pacane the nut.] (Bot.) A species of hickory (Carya oliv[ae]formis), 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.] [1913 Webster]