Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pecan

3 senses of pecan

Sense 1
pecan -- (wood of a pecan tree)
       => wood -- (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Sense 2
pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsis -- (tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts)
       => nut tree -- (tree bearing edible nuts)

Sense 3
pecan -- (smooth brown oval nut of south central United States)
       => edible nut -- (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)