mac·a·da·mi·a nut (m k  -d  m -)n. The round, hard-shelled nut or the edible seed of the Australian tree Macadamia ternifolia, now cultivated in Hawaii. [New Latin Macadamia, genus name, after John Macadam (1827-1865), Scottish-born Australian chemist.] |
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| Noun | 1. |  macadamia nut - small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nutsmacadamia nut - nutlike seed with sweet and crisp white meat Aloha State, Hawai'i, Hawaii, HI - a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands genus Macadamia - trees or shrubs; Madagascar to Australia macadamia, macadamia tree - any tree of the genus Macadamia |
| 2. | macadamia nut - nutlike seed with sweet and crisp white meat edible nut - a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell 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 |
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