pecan

/pi-kahn, -kan, pee-kan/US // pɪˈkɑn, -ˈkæn, ˈpi kæn //UK // (pɪˈkæn, ˈpiːkən) //

山核桃,山核桃树,胡桃木,山胡桃

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- : a nut of this tree.

Examples

Starbucks and Dunkin’ have both experimented with other “fall” flavors before, like maple pecan, brown sugar, and vanilla spice, to make sure they have something for those who can’t stand pumpkin spice.
Middle Georgia is mostly flat, hot, and full of pecan trees.
In the sack, Rose had placed a folded dress, three handfuls of pecans and a braid of her hair, and “told her” — Rose’s words recorded in red stitches on the bag by her descendant — “It be filled with my Love always.”
Spread the pecans out on a small, rimmed baking sheet and toast in the oven for about 10 minutes, shaking midway through, until the nuts are deep golden brown and fragrant.
I opted for plump golden raisins, with their sweet honey notes, and toasted pecans, very finely chopped.
The rest of Perry, with its population of around 15,000, is ringed by churches, pecan groves, and cotton fields.
INSIDER TIP: Bring a collapsible sports chair and (try to) leave room for pecan pie and bread pudding.
Outside, oak and hickory and pecan trees dotted the rolling grassland.
Girls weighed 90 pounds and barfed after eating a whole half-gallon of butter pecan ice cream.
He moves past the thick-trunked oak and pecan trees, headed for the city bus stop two blocks away.
The spice-wood (laurus benzoin) and the pecan (carya olivformis) first occurred to-day.
Its flavor can not compare with that of the pecan, hickory, or black walnut.
This class of nuts is adopted to the north where the pecan is unsatisfactory.
The pecan nuts mother usually bought ready shelled so Betsey had only to measure them out with the other ingredients.
Taking some of the cream, she molded it into balls, pressed flat and put half a pecan on each side.

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Examples

Starbucks and Dunkin’ have both experimented with other “fall” flavors before, like maple pecan, brown sugar, and vanilla spice, to make sure they have something for those who can’t stand pumpkin spice.

Middle Georgia is mostly flat, hot, and full of pecan trees.

In the sack, Rose had placed a folded dress, three handfuls of pecans and a braid of her hair, and “told her” — Rose’s words recorded in red stitches on the bag by her descendant — “It be filled with my Love always.”

Spread the pecans out on a small, rimmed baking sheet and toast in the oven for about 10 minutes, shaking midway through, until the nuts are deep golden brown and fragrant.

I opted for plump golden raisins, with their sweet honey notes, and toasted pecans, very finely chopped.

The rest of Perry, with its population of around 15,000, is ringed by churches, pecan groves, and cotton fields.

INSIDER TIP: Bring a collapsible sports chair and (try to) leave room for pecan pie and bread pudding.

Outside, oak and hickory and pecan trees dotted the rolling grassland.

Girls weighed 90 pounds and barfed after eating a whole half-gallon of butter pecan ice cream.

He moves past the thick-trunked oak and pecan trees, headed for the city bus stop two blocks away.

The spice-wood (laurus benzoin) and the pecan (carya olivformis) first occurred to-day.

Its flavor can not compare with that of the pecan, hickory, or black walnut.

This class of nuts is adopted to the north where the pecan is unsatisfactory.

The pecan nuts mother usually bought ready shelled so Betsey had only to measure them out with the other ingredients.

Taking some of the cream, she molded it into balls, pressed flat and put half a pecan on each side.