Types of Hickory Trees. The pecan belongs to the hickory tree family. Hickory trees (Carya spp.) are found primarily in the Midwest and Upper Midwest, the Southeast and north into New England and beyond. Of the various types of nuts each species produces, only a few are edible by humans.
Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate these synonyms: significance (noun). the quality of being significant. Synonyms: meaning, import, implication, signification. Antonyms: insignificance. significance, import, implication (noun). a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred.
In everyday English, the word means important.. But when researchers say the findings of a study were statistically significant, they do not necessarily mean the findings are important. Statistical significance refers to whether any differences observed between groups being studied are real or whether they are simply due to chance.