Sentence:  And away on the farther bank, a motte of huge <WSD>pecans</WSD>, standing like giant sentinels over the dwarfed landscape, filled the eye with remote vistas in their shady, twilight aisles. It was very still. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A deciduous tree, (noshow=1), of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.