The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PECAN
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More clues leading to the result PECAN
- Use middle of open prison to produce a tree
- Tree roughly embraced by writer
- Cape Canaveral's secluded tree
- Nut without complete hope cannot
- Nut training around end of autumn
- Pie-maker about to be put in jail
- Nut found in Cape Canaveral
- Just one nut – exercise on toilet
- Envelope cannot contain nut
- Cape Town’s last bendy tree
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What does PECAN mean?
PECAN noun- A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.
- A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.
- A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut.