macadamia
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4.6
- noun
- /ˌmækəˈdeɪmiə/
:
nuez de macadamia
- - Make sure to bring us some chocolate-covered macadamia nuts.
- macadamia nut
Examples
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You're relaxing at a neighborhood café, savoring a cup of your favorite roast and a decadent slice of chocolate macadamia nut torte.
Academic text (2004) -
In the morning, I topped these oats with a small handful of pecans and macadamia nuts.
Blog text (25) -
All he does anymore is pass macadamia nuts to people.
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-Tom, did you get the macadamia nuts?
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- Stop eating my macadamia nuts.
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I have a delicious offering you can look at, which is macadamia nuts.
Blog text (27) -
Be a dear and fetch us a bag of... macadamia nuts.
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And chocolate chip cookies with macadamia nuts.
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Did you know that eating six macadamia nuts is the equivalent of eating a steak?
Fiction book (1993) -
My mom made some macadamia nut cookies for you.
Synonyms
337
1.0
A large hard seed with a shell that you can eat
9
3.9
A hard round seed with a sweet, creamy taste often used in cooking and baking
1
2.0
A hard-shelled seed with an edible part inside, like an almond or walnut
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
How Rich
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 for the nut takes its name from the tree that was 'named after' Dr Macadam, an Australian scientist. So a macadamia nut is the rich, buttery nut that comes from the macadamia tree.