macadamia nut

Questions about macadamia nut

What does macadamia nut mean?

macadamia nut means "small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for macadamia nut?

Close synonyms include macadamia nut tree, Macadamia ternifolia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is macadamia nut a common word?

macadamia nut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.