Pacane

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pacane \Pa*cane"\, n. (Bot.)
     A species of hickory. See {Pecan}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Pecan \Pe*can"\ (p[-e]*k[a^]n"), 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}.]
     [1913 Webster]