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From [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]: "A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall or part of it becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity."
From [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]: "A '''nut''' in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall or part of it becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity."


===Nuts that are (probably) period:===
==Nuts that are (probably) period:==
* Walnuts
* Walnuts
* [[Almond]]s
* Almonds
* Chestnuts
* Chestnuts
* Acorns
* Acorns
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* Peanuts (barely - brought to [[Europe]] in [[16th century]] as a curiosity)
* Peanuts (barely - brought to [[Europe]] in [[16th century]] as a curiosity)
* Pistachios (barely - [[Roman Empire]]/[[Middle East]]ern)
* Pistachios (barely - [[Roman Empire]]/[[Middle East]]ern)

==See Also==

* [[Nut (Maplet)|Nuts according to Maplet's ''A Greene Forest'']]

[[category:food]]
[[category:food]]

Revision as of 00:12, 12 July 2005

From Wikipedia: "A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall or part of it becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity."

Nuts that are (probably) period:

See Also