Nut (fruit)
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A nut is a fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed, where the hard-shelled fruit does not open to release the seed (indehiscent). In a culinary context, a wide variety of dried seeds are often called nuts, but in a botanical context, only ones that include the indehiscent fruit are considered true nuts. The translation of "nut" in certain languages frequently requires paraphrases, as the concept is ambiguous.
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See also
- List of culinary nuts
- List of edible seeds
- Nucifera (disambiguation), a Latin epithet for species bearing nuts
- Nutmeg
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