pecan tree

Questions about pecan tree

What is another word for pecan tree?

It depends which pecan tree you mean. In the sense “tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts”, the synonyms are pecan, Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsis. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of pecan tree?

WordNet records no antonym for pecan tree. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for pecan tree come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of pecan tree

• Full entry for pecan treeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for pecan treeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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