资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pecan \Pe*can"\, 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}.]