PECAN
What does "PECAN" mean?
A smooth oval nut with a sweet, rich kernel, from a hickory tree native to North America.
Meanings
- The edible nut of the tree Carya illinoinensis, with a thin shell and an oily, sweet kernel. She folded chopped pecans into the warm pie filling.
- The large hickory tree that bears these nuts. An old pecan shaded the whole side of the yard.
Did you know?
- 'Pecan' comes from an Algonquian word for a nut so hard it had to be cracked with a stone - one of the rare English words taken from a Native American language.
Word origin
From an Algonquian word, by way of French 'pacane', meaning a hard-shelled nut requiring a stone to crack; one of the few English words borrowed from a Native American language.
Remember it
PECAN: PEople CAN't agree how to say it - 'pee-CAHN' or 'PEE-can'.
A little poem
Brown shell in the palm,
a stone's blow splits it open-
October's small gold.
haiku
Wordplay
- Two cooks nearly came to blows in the kitchen. The fight was not about the recipe - it was about whether it's 'PEE-can' or 'puh-CAHN'.
What it teaches
Some of the sweetest things are sealed in the hardest shells; reward follows the willingness to crack them.
Quick facts
What does PECAN mean?
A smooth oval nut with a sweet, rich kernel, from a hickory tree native to North America.
Is PECAN a valid word?
Yes — PECAN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PECAN?
PECAN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PECAN come from?
From an Algonquian word, by way of French 'pacane', meaning a hard-shelled nut requiring a stone to crack; one of the few English words borrowed from a Native American language.
What can PECAN teach us?
Some of the sweetest things are sealed in the hardest shells; reward follows the willingness to crack them.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.