pecan

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.

   “And away on the farther bank, a motte of huge pecans, standing like giant sentinels over the dwarfed landscape, filled the eye with remote vistas in their shady, twilight aisles. It was very still.”

2. isim A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.

   “MEG. […] (Meg takes out two pecans and tries to open them by cracking them together.) Come on ... Crack, you demons! Crack! LENNY. We have a nutcracker! MEG. (Trying with her teeth.) Ah, where's the sport in a nutcracker? Where's the challenge?”

3. isim A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut.

   “Each shell contains two pecans, usually plump and oblong in shape, although some varieties are round or pointed.”