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.
And one major, major potential point of confusion has to do with the word significant as it's used by statisticians. In everyday life, significant means important.. It conveys a sense of magnitude. A significant problem is a big problem.