Noun: macadamia nut
- Nutlike seed with sweet and crisp white meat
"The white chocolate macadamia nut cookies were a bestseller at the bakery"
- Small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts
"The macadamia nut trees produced a bumper crop this year";
- macadamia nut tree, Macadamia ternifolia
Derived forms: macadamia nuts
Type of: edible nut, macadamia, macadamia tree, nut
Part of: genus Macadamia
Encyclopedia: Macadamia nut