Peccan

Alternative forms

• paccan
• pecan

Origin

See pecan.

Full definition of peccan

Noun

1. Alternative form of pecan tree.
• 1841 , George Catlin , The North American Indians Chapter Letter No. 9 , —where the oak and the pine give way to the cotton-wood and peccan—
• 1866 , Captain Flack , A Hunter's Experiences in the Southern States of America Chapter Bee Hunting , It's gone straight for that peccan tree, …
2. Alternative form of pecan nut.
• 1835 , Charles Latrobe , Rambler in North America, Volume 2 Chapter The Indian Mounds , … the spicewood, the pawpaws and peccan-nuts, ...