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Noun: Carya illinoensis
  1. Tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts
    "The old Carya illinoensis trees in Georgia produced a bumper crop this year";
    - pecan, pecan tree

Type of: nut tree

Part of: Carya, genus Carya

Encyclopedia: Carya illinoensis