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Pekannuss — Pe|kan|nuss 〈f. 7u〉 Nuss des Hickorybaumes; oV Pecannuss [<engl. pecan <algonkin paccan „Nuss“] * * * Pe|kan|nuss, die; , ...nüsse [engl. pecan, frz. pacane < Algonkin (Indianerspr. des nordöstl. Nordamerika) pakan]: Frucht des… … Universal-Lexikon
Pecannuss — Pe|can|nuss 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: nüs|se; Bot.〉 Nuss des Hickorybaumes; oV [Etym.: <engl. pecan <Algonkin paccan »Nuss«] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
pecan — 1712, paccan the pecan tree, or a related hickory, from Fr. pacane, from an Algonquian word meaning nut (Cf. Cree pakan hard shelled nut, Ojibwa bagaan, Abenaki pagann, Fox /paka:ni/) … Etymology dictionary
pecan — n. 1 a pinkish brown smooth nut with an edible kernel. 2 a hickory, Carya illinoensis, of the southern US, producing this. Etymology: earlier paccan, of Algonquian orig … Useful english dictionary
paccage — paccage, paccan obs. ff. package n., pecan … Useful english dictionary
