Pecan Synonyms

pĭ-kän, -kăn, pēkăn
Tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pecan tree
  2. Carya illinoensis
  3. Carya illinoinsis

Words Related to Pecan

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. pistachio
  2. pecans
  3. hazelnut
  4. pineapple
  5. avocado
  6. sultana
  7. passion-fruit
  8. macadamia
  9. amaretti
  10. apricots

Pecan Sentence Examples

  • Pecan nuts are an increasingly important crop.

  • The English walnut, pecan, apple, apricot, pear and cherry are also cultivated.

  • It smelled sweet and spicy, a scent that always reminded him of pecan pie.

  • The beautiful live oaks and magnolias grow only in the south of the state; the holly in the lowlands; and the finest species of pecan, in the Delta.

  • Loblolly pine, cypress, oaks, hickory, ash, pecan, maple, beech and a few other deciduous trees are interspersed among both the long-leaf and the short-leaf pines, and the proportion of deciduous trees increases to the westward.

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