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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: pacane, from an Algonquian language

pecan

 noun
     
Related topics: Food Dish, Plants
pe‧can [countable]
DFFHBP a long thin sweet nut with a dark red shell, or the tree that it grows on
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