pecan

== English == === Alternative forms === paccan, peccan (dated, possibly obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from French pacane and at first spelt paccan. The French word derives from an Algonquian word, perhaps Miami (Illinois) pakani. Compare Cree pakan (“hard nut”), Ojibwe bagaan, Abenaki pagann, bagôn, pagôn (“nut; walnut, hazelnut”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /piːˈkɑːn/ (most common US pronunciation except in New York, New England and coastal Southeast) IPA(key): /pɪˈkɑːn/ (Midwestern US) IPA(key): /ˈpiːkæn/ (New York, New England, coastal southeastern Southern US) IPA(key): /ˈpiːkɑːn/ (chiefly Upper Midwestern US) IPA(key): /ˈpɪkæn/ (uncommon coastal New England variant) IPA(key): /pəˈkɔːn/, /pɪˈkɔːn/ (Louisiana) IPA(key): /pəˈkɑːn/ (occasional US unstressed pronunciation) (Commonwealth) IPA(key): /pɪˈkɑːn/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpiːkæn/ (UK, General Australian, Canada) IPA(key): /piːˈkæn/ (Canada, General Australian, New Zealand, rarely US) IPA(key): /pɪˈkæn/ (UK, Canada, very rarely US) IPA(key): /ˈpiːkən/ (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /pəˈkɒn/ (Canada) Hyphenation: pe‧can === Noun === pecan (plural pecans) A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts. A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree. A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut. 2005, in The Condensed Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Joseph Pizzorno, Lara Pizzorno; Atria Books, →ISBN: Each shell contains two pecans, usually plump and oblong in shape, although some varieties are round or pointed. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === pecan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Capen, NEACP, pance == Galician == === Verb === pecan third-person plural present indicative of pecar == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpekan/ [ˈpe.kãn] Rhymes: -ekan Syllabification: pe‧can === Verb === pecan third-person plural present indicative of pecar