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Noun: pecan tree
  1. Tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts
    - pecan, Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsis

Derived forms: pecan trees

Type of: nut tree

Part of: Carya, genus Carya

Encyclopedia: Pecan tree