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PECAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Smooth brown oval nut of south central United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pecan" is a kind of...):

edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)

Holonyms ("pecan" is a part of...):

Carya illinoensis; Carya illinoinsis; pecan; pecan tree (tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts

Synonyms:

Carya illinoensis; Carya illinoinsis; pecan; pecan tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pecan" is a kind of...):

nut tree (tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "pecan"):

pecan (smooth brown oval nut of south central United States)

Meronyms (substance of "pecan"):

pecan (wood of a pecan tree)

Holonyms ("pecan" is a member of...):

Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Wood of a pecan tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pecan" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("pecan" is a substance of...):

Carya illinoensis; Carya illinoinsis; pecan; pecan tree (tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts)

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