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pacane

pacane


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pacane  \Pa*cane"\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  A  species  of  hickory.  See  {Pecan}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pecan  \Pe*can"\,  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}.]