Carya illinoinensis
Categories: Ayurvedic Medicine, Food, Medicinal Plant, Native American Medicine, Oil, Powder, Tea, Tincture, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Pecan (Wiktionary)
English
Alternative forms
- paccan, peccan (dated, possibly obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from French pacane and at first spelt paccan. The French word derives from an Algonquian word, perhaps Miami (Illinois) pakani. Compare Cree pakan (“hard nut”), Ojibwe bagaan, Abenaki pagann, bagôn, pagôn (“nut; walnut, hazelnut”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑːn, -æn, -ɔːn, -iːkən
