carya illinoinsis

English Thesaurus

1. tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	nut tree,
definition	:	tree bearing edible nuts (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	pecan,
definition	:	smooth brown oval nut of south central United States (noun.food)

member meronym	:	carya, genus carya,
definition	:	genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	pecan,
definition	:	wood of a pecan tree (noun.plant)