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macadamia nut definition

maca·damia nut (mak′ə dā′mē ə)

a spherical, hard-shelled, edible nut from an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia) of the protea family, cultivated in Hawaii

Etymology: ModL Macadamia, after John Macadam (died 1865), Scot chemist in Australia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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