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English
Noun
paccan (plural paccans)
- Alternative form of pecan (tree).
- Alternative form of pecan (nut).
1944, Thomas Jefferson, edited by Edwin Morris Betts, Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book, Reprint edition (Gardening), UNC Press Books, published 2002, →ISBN, page 118:… to send him some paccan nuts. … Jefferson in his reply wrote: "The Paccan nut is, as you conjecture the Illinois nut, ..., and enters into the Botanical name with is Juglans Paccan"
2004, Frederic Rosengarten, Jr., “Pecans”, in The Book of Edible Nuts (Cooking), Courier Dover Publications, →ISBN, page 172:A creamy liquid called powcohicoria or "hickory milk" was prepared by the Algonquins: pacan kernals were pounded into small pieces, cast into boiling water, strained and stirred.
References
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, 1911