List of culinary nuts

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According to the botanical definition, nuts are a type of dry fruit that do not split apart along a single seam once they have reached maturity.[1] Walnuts and acorns are example of nuts, under this definition. In culinary terms, however, the word nut is used more broadly to include fruits, and even seeds, that are not botanically qualified as nuts, but that have a similar appearance and culinary role. Culinary nuts that are not botanical nuts include almonds, peanuts and cashews.[2][3]

[edit] List of culinary nuts

Common name  ↓ Scientific name  ↓ Botanical definition  ↓ Common varieties  ↓
Acorn Quercus, Lithocarpus and Cyclobalanopsis Nut
Almond Prunus dulcis nut
Australian cashew nut Semecarpus australiensis

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Beech Fagus Nut
Breadnut Brosimum alicastrum nut
Brazilnut Bertholletia excelsa Seed
Candlenut Aleurites moluccana Nut
Cashew Anacardium occidentale Drupe
Chestnuts Castanea Nut Chinese, Malabar, and Sweet Chestnuts
Coconut Cocos nucifera Nut (sometimes called a drupe[4])
Colocynth Citrullus colocynthis Drupe
Chilacayote Cucurbita ficifolia Drupe
Chilean hazel Gevuina avellana Nut
Filbert Corylus maxima Nut
Hazelnut Corylus avellana Nut
Hickory Carya Nut Shagbark and Shellbark Hickories and Pecans
Johnstone River almond Elaeocarpus bancroftii Nut
Kemiri nut Aleurites moluccana Nut
Kola nut Cola Nut
Kurrajong Brachychiton spp. Nut
Macadamia Macadamia Follicle
Mamoncillo Melicoccus bijugatus Drupe
Mongongo Ricinodendron rautanenii Nut
Ogbono nut Irvingia Drupe
Paradise nut Lecythis
Pandanus Pandanus spp. Nut
Peanut Arachis hypogaea Legume
Peanut tree Sterculia quadrifida Nut
Palm fern and zamia nuts Cycas spp. Nut
Pili nut Canarium ovatum Drupe
Pistachio Pistacia vera L. Seed
Red bopple nut Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia Nut
Walnut Juglans Drupe Persian Walnut and Butternut

[edit] Nut-like gymnosperm seeds

Pine nuts are a Gymnosperm seed that is edible

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Nut". Biology Online Dictionary. October 3, 2005. http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Nut. Retrieved 2006-12-26. 
  2. ^ "Nut". The Columbia Online Encyclopedia. 2003. http://www.answers.com/topic/nut. Retrieved 2006-12-26. 
  3. ^ "Nuts and derived products". Definition and Classification of Commodities. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1996. http://www.fao.org/es/faodef/fdef05e.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-26. 
  4. ^ http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/economicbotany/Cocos/index.html