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PECAN
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(Carya illinoensis)
Pecan a species of hickory, native
to south-central North America, in Mexico from Coahuila south to Jalisco
and Veracruz, in the United States from southern Iowa, Illinois and
Indiana east to western Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and
western Tennessee, south through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Florida. "Pecan" is from
an Algonquian word, meaning a nut requiring a stone to crack. |