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BEECH |
Nut tree |
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PECAN |
Hickory tree nut |
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ALMENDRON |
The lofty Brazil-nut tree. |
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BEECHNUT |
The nut of the beech tree. |
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NICKAR TREE |
Same as Nicker nut, Nicker tree. |
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PIGNUT |
The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya
glabra, / porcina); also, the tree itself. |
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CHESTNUT |
The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of
Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly
bur. |
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CHINQUAPIN |
A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea
pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the
chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. |
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PICHURIM BEAN |
The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra
Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras,
-- sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut. |
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BUTTERNUT |
An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family,
and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the
latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut. |
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WALNUT |
The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also,
the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all
natives of the north temperate zone. |
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QUEENSLAND NUT |
The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia).
It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible
seed, or sometimes tw... |
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PION |
... the tree
producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of Southern Europe, and P.
Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western... |
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SEA COCOA |
...nly in
the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It was
found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, and
... |
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RAMBUTAN |
A Malayan fruit produced by the tree Nephelium lappaceum,
and closely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval in shape,
covered with ... |
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HAZEL |
A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C.
avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous
taste; the filbert. Th... |
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CASHEW |
...y which
the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in
all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at ... |
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PISTACHIO |
The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order
Anacardiaceae, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has
a pleasant taste, rese... |
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HICKORY |
...re are
several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough
bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown
... |
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OAK |
...have
alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in
catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or
... |