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n. - Smooth brown oval nut of south central United States; Tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts.

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Usage examples (36)
  • Reasonable people can differ as to whether the black walnut or the pecan is the queen of nuts.
  • Snow Nov 17 pumpkin pecan pie. two in one kinda thing.
  • March 14th, 2010 at 10: 46 am dbadass says: pecan is cool but it has to be served still warm …
  • You can also buy the local ponche, a sweet liqueur that comes in many flavors – pecan is great, as is coffee.
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