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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

natural object go
an object occurring naturally

plant part, plant structure go
any part of a plant or fungus

plant organ go
a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus

reproductive structure go
the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction

fruit go
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

seed go
a small hard fruit

nut go
usually large hard-shelled seed

edible nut
a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell

noun.food

20 Subcategories

bunya bunya go
nut tasting like roasted chestnuts
earthnut, peanut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut go
pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds
almond go
oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree
quandong nut go
edible nutlike seed of the quandong fruit
beechnut go
small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees
walnut go
nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell
brazil nut, brazil go
three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell
butternut go
oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
souari nut go
a large nutlike seed of a South American tree
cashew, cashew nut go
kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted
chestnut go
edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
chincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin go
small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States
cob, hazelnut, filbert, cobnut go
nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
coconut, cocoanut go
large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk
grugru nut go
nut of Brazilian or West Indian palms
hickory nut go
small hard-shelled nut of North American hickory trees especially the shagbark hickories
macadamia nut go
nutlike seed with sweet and crisp white meat
pecan go
smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
pine nut, pignolia, pinon nut go
edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America
pistachio, pistachio nut go
nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel