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NUT TREE

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Meaning:

Tree bearing edible nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("nut tree" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nut tree"):

Cola acuminata; goora nut; kola; kola nut; kola nut tree (tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract)

macadamia; macadamia tree (any tree of the genus Macadamia)

hazel; hazelnut; hazelnut tree (any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk)

walnut; walnut tree (any of various trees of the genus Juglans)

hickory; hickory tree (American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts)

Carya illinoensis; Carya illinoinsis; pecan; pecan tree (tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts)

wing-nut; wing nut (any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia)

Bertholletia excelsa; brazil-nut tree; brazil nut (tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts)

Anacardium occidentale; cashew; cashew tree (tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted)

pistachio; pistachio tree; Pistacia vera (small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts)

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