BITTER PECAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bitter pecan mean? 

• BITTER PECAN (noun)
  The noun BITTER PECAN has 1 sense:

1. hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts

  Familiarity information: BITTER PECAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BITTER PECAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bitter pecan; Carya aquatica; water bitternut; water hickory

Hypernyms ("bitter pecan" is a kind of...):

hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)

Holonyms ("bitter pecan" is a member of...):

Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)