Pecan vs Walnut - What's the difference?
pecan | walnut |
A deciduous tree, , of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.
* 1885 , Howard Seely, A Ranchman's stories , page 154:
* 1978 April, in the Texas Monthly , page 51:
A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.
* 1982 , Beth Henley, Crimes of the heart , page 17:
A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut.
* 2005 , in The Condensed Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Joseph Pizzorno, Lara Pizzorno; Atria Books, ISBN 978-0-7434-7402-3):
A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans .
A nut of the walnut tree.
Wood of the walnut tree.
Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
As nouns the difference between pecan and walnut
is that pecan is a deciduous tree, , of the central and southern united states, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts while walnut is a hardwood tree of the genus juglans .As an adjective walnut is
having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.pecan
English
(wikipedia pecan)Alternative forms
* paccan, peccanNoun
(en noun)- And away on the farther bank, a motte of huge pecans , standing like giant sentinels over the dwarfed landscape, filled the eye with remote vistas in their shady, twilight aisles. It was very still.
- Within its ornamental fence, the 8/10-acre property includes several of the largest live oaks in the area — plus huge pecans and stately magnolias.
- MEG. (Meg takes out two pecans and tries to open them by cracking them together. ) Come on ... Crack, you demons! Crack!
- LENNY. We have a nutcracker!
- MEG. (Trying with her teeth. ) Ah, where's the sport in a nutcracker? Where's the challenge?
- Each shell contains two pecans , usually plump and oblong in shape, although some varieties are round or pointed.