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the only major tree nut native to North America, and it knows it
means A rich, buttery edible nut from a species of hickory tree native to the southern United States and Mexico, beloved in pies and praline.
from From the Illinois (Algonquian) word 'pakani,' which traveled into French as 'pacane' before settling into English. The original Algonquian sense referred broadly to hard-shelled nuts that had to be cracked with a stone — a fitting name for a nut that doesn't give itself up easily. This is why, fittingly for a true North American native, the word itself comes from a Native American language rather than Latin or Greek.
- name origin
- Algonquin word for nuts needing a stone to crack
- state tree
- official tree of Texas since 1919
- slow start
- trees take 10 years before yielding nuts
- healthy fat
- highest antioxidant content of any tree nut
- pronunciation war
- divides families more than politics ever could
san saba pecan — texas county producing 40% of usa's pecans since the 1880s
native pecan trees — wild carya illinoinensis along mississippi river valley, north america's only native pecan
desirable pecan variety — most commercially planted cultivar worldwide, developed in texas in 1888