- Pecan tree - An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are
several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough
bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown
hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut
whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter.
- Eye colour - Eye hue - Eye shade for mist in front of learner - Nut tree - Type of nut - A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C.
avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous
taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which
produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert. - A miner's name for freestone.