macadamia
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- noun
- /ˌmækəˈdeɪmiə/
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árbol de macadamia
- During the tour, we tasted freshly harvested macadamia nuts right from the orchard.
- macadamia nut
- macadamia farm
- macadamia nut oil
Examples
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This is a cocoa butter and Australian macadamia nut oil and it smells really good.
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So there it is, the wild Roosters, and they're just chilling in this macadamia farm.
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In Australia, the macadamia tree produces delicious nuts that are popular in many desserts.
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The recipe calls for a cup of chopped macadamia nuts for added crunch and flavor.
Synonyms
A tree with shiny leaves that makes hard, round nuts people eat
A small Australian tree grown for its sweet, edible nuts
A medium-sized Australian tree that has creamy white flowers and edible nuts
An Australian tree that produces edible nuts and pink flowers
A tree that produces edible nuts and pink flowers and grows in eastern Australia
A small Australian tree with pink flowers that makes sweet edible nuts
Compounds
- Australian
A medium-sized Australian tree that has creamy white flowers and edible nuts
- Australian
A small Australian tree with pink flowers that makes sweet edible nuts
- Australian
A tree that produces edible nuts and pink flowers and grows in eastern Australia
Surface Forms
Morphology
macadamia = Macadam (opaque) = macadam + ia
The word is formed from the surname 'Macadam' plus the botanical suffix '-ia', but this naming source is not inferable from the surface form for most learners.
Etymology
Macadamia comes from the name of Dr Macadam, a 19th-century scientist in Australia whose name was 'given to' the plant. So a macadamia tree is simply the tree that was named after Dr Macadam, and it is the tree that produces the nuts.