MACADAMIA NUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does macadamia nut mean? 

• MACADAMIA NUT (noun)
  The noun MACADAMIA NUT has 2 senses:

1. small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts

2. nutlike seed with sweet and crisp white meat

  Familiarity information: MACADAMIA NUT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACADAMIA NUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

macadamia nut; macadamia nut tree; Macadamia ternifolia

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "macadamia nut"):

macadamia nut (nutlike seed with sweet and crisp white meat)

Domain region:

Aloha State; Haw.; Hawai'i; Hawaii; HI (a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands)

Holonyms ("macadamia nut" is a member of...):

genus Macadamia (trees or shrubs; Madagascar to Australia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Nutlike seed with sweet and crisp white meat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)

Holonyms ("macadamia nut" is a part of...):

macadamia nut; macadamia nut tree; Macadamia ternifolia (small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts)