Pe-can′ or Pe-cā'nā, n.

(pe-kawn′, or pe-kăn′), Pe-cā'nā (Synop., § 130), n. [Written also pacane.] [Fr. pacane, Sp. pacana.] (Bot.) A species of hickory (Carya oliviformis), and its fruit, growing in North America. The nuts are oblong, very smooth, an inch or an inch and a half long, with thin shells.