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Showing words for PECAN using the English dictionary
5 Letter Words for Pecan
pance, pecan
4 Letter Words for Pecan
acne, ance, cane, cape, cepa, nace, nape, neap, nepa, pace, pane, pean, pnce
3 Letter Words for Pecan
ace, anc, ane, apc, ape, can, cap, cen, cep, cpa, ean, enc, epa, nae, nap, nea, nep, pac, pan, pea, pec, pen
Definitions for Pecan
[1] a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
[2] a nut of this tree.
[3] a hickory tree, Carya pecan (or C. illinoensis ), of the southern US, having deeply furrowed bark and edible nuts
[4] the smooth oval nut of this tree, which has a sweet oily kernel
Words nearby Pecan
pebbling, pebbly, pebi-, pebrine, pec, pecan, pecan patty, peccable, peccadillo, peccant, peccary
Origin of Pecan
1765–75, Americanism ; < Mississippi Valley French pacane < Illinois pakani < Proto-Algonquian *paka·n- nut (derivative of *pake·- crack nuts)
Word origin for Pecan
C18: from Algonquian paccan; related to Ojibwa pagân nut with a hard shell, Cree pakan