pe ‧ can /pɪˈkæn, ˈpiːkən $ pɪˈkɑːn, pɪˈkæn/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: French ; Origin: pacane , from an Algonquian language ]
a long thin sweet nut with a dark red shell, or the tree that it grows on
pe ‧ can /pɪˈkæn, ˈpiːkən $ pɪˈkɑːn, pɪˈkæn/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: French ; Origin: pacane , from an Algonquian language ]
a long thin sweet nut with a dark red shell, or the tree that it grows on
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012