Nut (food)
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A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel that usually is edible. In general usage and in a culinary sense, many dry seeds are called nuts. In a botanical context, "n
Chestnuts are both botanical and culinary nuts.
Raw mixed nuts, sold as a snack food
Almonds in shell, shell cracked open, shelled, blanched
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Nut (fruit)
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A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a single seed. In botany, the use of the term nut implies that the shell does not open to release the seed.
Nut (food)
…Common use of the term 'nut' often refers to any hard-walled, edible kernel. Nuts are an energy-dense and nutrient-rich food source. Botanically, a nut is a fruit with a woody pericarp developing from a syncarpous gynoecium. True nuts include, for example, chestnut, hazelnut, and filbert. Culinarily…
Diagram of a shagbark hickory nut
An Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) with a hazelnut in its mouth
Walnut kernels