macadamia nut
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- noun
- /ˌmækəˈdeɪmiə nʌt/
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nuez de macadamia
- In the morning, I topped these oats with a small handful of pecans and macadamia nuts.
- chopped macadamia nuts
- a cup of macadamia nuts
- chocolate-covered macadamia nuts
But specifically it's macadamia nuts because this summer I bought myself a giant bag from Costco splurge, you know, treat yourself.
- But specifically it's macadamia nuts because this summer I bought myself a giant bag from Costco splurge, you know, treat yourself.
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- Make sure to bring us some chocolate-covered macadamia nuts.
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Macadamia nuts may be found in the refrigerated bulk section of many natural grocery stores.
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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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Mami once brought Toshi a box of chocolate-covered macadamia nuts from Hawaii.
Fiction book (1996) -
Could we possibly have a couple of those macadamia nut sundaes with yogurt and fudge topping?
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As we rode along the slopes of Mauna Loa, a dormant volcano, we saw the lush coffee lands and the largest macadamia nut farm in the world.
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Royal Hawaiian Orchards, L.P. is the world's largest grower of macadamia nuts, owning or leasing 5,070 acres of orchards on the island of Hawaii.
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My mom made some macadamia nuts cookies for you.
Synonyms
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A large hard seed with a shell that you can eat
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4.6
A round edible nut with a rich buttery flavor
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A hard-shelled seed with an edible part inside, like an almond or walnut
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Etymology
Macadamia nut may come from a 19th-century scientist, John Macadam, who studied plants in Australia. People began calling the sweet, round nut by his name macadamia, so today macadamia nut simply means the 'edible nut' from that tree.