tree nut
Walnut or pecan
A tree nut is an edible nut that grows on trees—almonds, walnuts, cashews, pecans, pistachios, and similar.
The term appears most often in allergy warnings and food labeling, where tree nuts are distinguished from peanuts (which are legumes) and other allergens: Contains tree nuts.
Tree nut allergies can be severe and lifelong.
- beechnutFagus tree fruit
- chestnutOverused joke or edible nut
- hazelnutEdible seed from Corylus
- pecanEdible hickory seed
- cobnutCultivated hazel seed
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