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MACADAMIA NUT TREE

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

macadamia nut; macadamia nut tree; Macadamia ternifolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("macadamia nut tree" is a kind of...):

macadamia; macadamia tree (any tree of the genus Macadamia)

Meronyms (parts of "macadamia nut tree"):

macadamia nut (nutlike seed with sweet and crisp white meat)

Domain region:

Aloha State; Haw.; Hawai'i; Hawaii; HI (a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands)

Holonyms ("macadamia nut tree" is a member of...):

genus Macadamia (trees or shrubs; Madagascar to Australia)

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