nut tree

/ˌnʌt ˈtri/

Other forms: nut trees

Definitions of nut tree

1. noun

   tree bearing edible nuts
   types:

   Cola acuminata, goora nut, kola, kola nut, kola nut tree

   tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract

   macadamia, macadamia tree

   any tree of the genus Macadamia

   hazel, hazelnut, hazelnut tree

   any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk

   walnut, walnut tree

   a tree bearing hard-shelled, edible seeds belonging; and belonging to the genus Juglans

   hickory, hickory tree

   American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts

   Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsis, pecan, pecan tree

   tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts

   wing nut, wing-nut

   any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia

   Bertholletia excelsa, brazil nut, brazil-nut tree

   tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts

   Anacardium occidentale, cashew, cashew tree

   tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted

   Pistacia vera, pistachio, pistachio tree

   small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts

   Macadamia integrifolia

   medium-sized tree of eastern Australia having creamy-white flowers

   Macadamia ternifolia, macadamia nut, macadamia nut tree

   small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts

   Macadamia tetraphylla, Queensland nut

   bushy tree with pink to purple flowers

   American hazel, Corylus americana

   nut-bearing shrub of eastern North America

   Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis, cobnut, filbert

   small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe

   Corylus cornuta, beaked hazelnut

   hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nuts

   California black walnut, Juglans californica

   medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves and edible nuts

   Juglans cinerea, butternut, butternut tree, white walnut

   North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye

   Juglans nigra, black hickory, black walnut, black walnut tree

   North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut

   Circassian walnut, English walnut, English walnut tree, Juglans regia, Persian walnut

   Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated

   Carya aquatica, bitter pecan, water bitternut, water hickory

   hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts

   Carya glabra, black hickory, brown hickory, pignut, pignut hickory

   an American hickory tree having bitter nuts

   Carya cordiformis, bitter hickory, bitter pignut, bitternut, bitternut hickory, swamp hickory

   hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts

   Carya laciniosa, big shagbark, big shellbark, big shellbark hickory, king nut, king nut hickory

   hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut

   Carya myristicaeformis, Carya myristiciformis, nutmeg hickory

   hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard nutmeg-shaped nuts

   Carya ovata, shagbark, shagbark hickory, shellbark, shellbark hickory

   North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts

   Carya tomentosa, big-bud hickory, black hickory, mockernut, mockernut hickory, white-heart hickory

   smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut

   Caucasian walnut, Pterocarya fraxinifolia

   medium-sized Caucasian much-branched tree distinguished from other walnut trees by its winged fruit

   type of:

   angiospermous tree, flowering tree

   any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary