Pecan



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 山核桃
• ［英］ n. 山核桃 ( a nut with a long thin reddish shell)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: American French pacane, from Illinois pakani
• Date: 1772
• 1. a large hickory (Carya illinoinensis syn. C. illinoensis) that has roughish bark and hard but brittle wood and is widely grown in the warmer parts of the United States and in Mexico for its edible nut
• 2. the wood of the pecan tree
• 3. the smooth oblong thin-shelled nut of the pecan tree

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