List of edible nuts

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According to the botanical definition, nuts are a particular kind of seed.^[1] Walnuts and acorns are example of nuts, under this definition. In culinary terms, however, the term is used more broadly to include fruits that are not botanically qualified as nuts, but that have a similar appearance and culinary role. Examples of culinary nuts include almonds, peanuts and cashews.^[2][3]

• Almond
• Beech
• Butternut
• Brazilnut
• Candlenut
• Cashew
• Chestnuts, including:
  • Chinese Chestnut
  • Malabar chestnut
  • Sweet Chestnut
• Colocynth
• Cucurbita ficifolia
• Filbert
• Hickory, including
  • Pecan
  • Shagbark Hickory
• Kola nut
• Macadamia
• Mamoncillo
• Maya nut
• Oak acorns
• Ogbono nut
• Paradise nut
• Pili nut
• Pistachio
• Walnut

[edit] Nut-like gymnosperm seeds

• Cycads
• Ginkgo
• Gnetum gnemon
• Juniper
• Monkey-puzzle
• Pine nuts, including
  • Chilgoza Pine
  • Korean Pine
  • Stone Pine
  • Colorado Pinyon
  • Mexican Pinyon
  • Single-leaf Pinyon
• Podocarps

[edit] References

1. ^ Nut. Biology Online Dictionary (October 3, 2005). Retrieved on December 26, 2006.
2. ^ Nut. The Columbia Online Encyclopedia (2003). Retrieved on December 26, 2006.
3. ^ Nuts and derived products. Definition and Classification of Commodities. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (1996). Retrieved on December 26, 2006.