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  1. Common tree of the genus Carya, native to
  2. North America and Asia. It provides a
  3. valuable timber, and all species produce
  4. nuts, although some are inedible. The pecan
  5. Carya pecan is widely cultivated in the
  6. southern states of the USA, and the shagbark
  7. Carya ovata in the northern states.
  8.