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Edible nuts

almond

noun

a flat white nut with a brown skin that is often used in cooking

betel nut

noun

the nut of a palm tree from Southeast Asia that people cut into pieces, wrap in a leaf from the betel plant, and chew

brazil nut

noun

a large curved nut that has a hard shell with three sides

cashew

noun

a curved nut eaten as a food

chestnut

noun

a large smooth red-brown nut that you can eat

coconut

noun

a large nut that has white flesh and a hard brown shell covered with fibers like rough hair

groundnut

noun

a peanut

hazelnut

noun

a nut from a hazel tree

macadamia

noun

a white nut that grows on a tropical tree

monkey nut

noun

a peanut before it has had its shell removed

peanut

noun

a type of nut that grows under the ground inside a thin shell and that can be eaten

pecan

noun

a sweet nut with a thin smooth shell. It grows on a pecan tree.

pine nut

noun

the small white seed of some types of pine tree that is sometimes used in cooking

pistachio

noun

a small green nut from a Mediterranean or Asian tree

walnut

noun

a nut you can eat that has a knobby surface (=covered in small round lumps) inside a hard round shell

cyberloafing

using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related

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