1. (noun) a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell

• almond
• beechnut
• brazil
• brazil nut
• bunya bunya
• butternut
• cashew
• cashew nut
• chestnut
• chincapin
• chinkapin
• chinquapin
• cob
• cobnut
• filbert
• hazelnut
• cocoanut
• coconut
• earthnut
• goober
• goober pea
• groundnut
• monkey nut
• peanut
• grugru nut
• hickory nut
• macadamia nut
• pecan
• pignolia
• pine nut
• pinon nut
• pistachio
• pistachio nut
• quandong nut
• souari nut
• walnut

1. (noun) a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell

• nut