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PECAN TREE

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Meaning:

Tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts

Synonyms:

Carya illinoensis; Carya illinoinsis; pecan; pecan tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pecan tree" is a kind of...):

nut tree (tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "pecan tree"):

pecan (smooth brown oval nut of south central United States)

Meronyms (substance of "pecan tree"):

pecan (wood of a pecan tree)

Holonyms ("pecan tree" is a member of...):

Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)

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