pecan
/pɪˈkɑn/
noun
- A type of nut with a smooth, brown shell and a sweet, rich flavor, grown on a tree of the same name.
- Pecan pie is a popular dessert in the southern United States.
- He cracked open a pecan and ate the kernel.
- She added chopped pecans to the cookie dough.
- The tree that produces pecan nuts, native to North America.
- The old pecan in the backyard dropped nuts every autumn.
- Pecan trees can grow over 100 feet tall.
- They planted a pecan sapling near the fence.